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Polyanskiy

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first: 2018-01-31
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“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria, Mr. Geir Pedersen, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Martin Griffiths, for their briefings on the political and humanitarian aspects of the situation in Syria. We also listened carefully to the remarks by today’s civil society representative, Ms. Rasha Muhrez. The entire world was shaken by the scale of the tragedy caused by the earthquake in the Syria-Türkiye border zone. We were all united in expressing our condolences to, and solidarity with, the victims’ families. Both countries required urgent assistance — more than 20 humanitarian flights and nearly 1,000 tons of aid have been sent to Syria by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Russian Ministry of Defence.”
2023-02-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9272 (2023) · source
“Dropping the ball in that extremely sensitive area could lead to an escalation of armed clashes and a repetition of the unfortunate scenarios of 2019. Another important issue is the elimination of any foreign military presence in Libya. Our position is well known. We are in favour of a synchronized, balanced and gradual withdrawal of all non-Libyan armed groups and military units, without exception.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“We hope that the Libyan people are wise enough not to fall into the same trap in which many other countries in the Middle East and North Africa have found themselves. We reaffirm our continued support for United Nations efforts to finding an acceptable solution to the crisis in the country. We see the active work of UNSMIL as a key element in that international framework. We welcome the resumption of the work of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) through the mediation of Mr. Bathily and the help of the Egyptian authorities. The fact is that the turbulence in Libya is not over. We are alarmed by the reports of sporadic fighting among armed groups in some regions of Libya. Against that backdrop, the work of the JMC is key to improving coordination among the parties on the military track and forming a unified security architecture.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“The fact is that a political settlement itself is only the beginning. Libyans face the daunting task of rebuilding the country and revitalizing its economy, which was destroyed by the NATO countries’ illegal intervention in 2011. The export of hydrocarbons, whose revenue is vital to Libyans, has a key role to play in that regard. In that connection, we feel compelled to point to the duplicity of some Western countries, which are playing that card to serve their own geopolitical and commercial interests. Washington’s relentless activity on the Libyan track is quite clear, something that its high-ranking officials’ many public statements and visits to the country attest to. The only problem is that their real goal is obviously preserving the status quo whereby Libya continues to be a stable exporter of oil to international markets.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“For our part, we once again affirm our readiness to provide all possible assistance in that regard. We believe that further progress towards peace requires the coordinated efforts of all international and regional stakeholders. It is largely thanks to the schism among them that the political stalemate has continued. The Libyan parties’ attempts to manipulate and exercise unilateral influence on the situation on the ground will not help to reach a political solution and will only deepen the country’s divide. Attempts to establish separate mechanisms to manage the settlement of the Libyan issue, as per usual without Libyan ownership, are very unlikely to advance things, as the Libyans themselves have been saying for a long time. We have no illusions about the added value of such formats.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“Moreover, it would be counterproductive to discard the achievements already made by the House of Representatives and the High State Council, in which so much work has been invested. In particular, we thank our Egyptian colleagues for their efforts. We also believe that one key to guaranteeing the elections’ success is the involvement of all the leading political forces in Libya, including representatives of the former Government. We were pleased with the efforts of the African Union and President Nguesso of the Republic of the Congo to promote the inter-Libyan reconciliation process. We believe that the initiative to organize a national reconciliation conference is extremely timely. Furthermore, it is perfectly in line with the principle of African solutions to African problems.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“After the failure to hold elections in December 2021 and the expiration of the road map of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in June 2022, the political process in the country is still stagnating. The already difficult relations between the west and east of Libya are further complicated by the existence of the two parallel Governments and the duplication of many State institutions and mechanisms. A solution to that situation could be the organization of national elections. We underscore our fundamental support for the efforts of Mr. Bathily to organize an inclusive and transparent electoral process. Nonetheless, we caution against organizing them too hastily. Badly prepared national elections are hardly likely to be a panacea for all of Libya’s outstanding problems.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Abdoulaye Bathily, for his briefing. We listened attentively to his new proposals and will analyse them with great care. We are paying very close attention to developments in the former Jamahiriya. Those development are undoubtedly having an impact on the stability and the security situation in the region and throughout the African continent. Unfortunately, despite numerous attempts there, it has not yet been possible to achieve the desired pace of initiatives to fully restore Libyan statehood.”
2023-02-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9270 (2023) · source
“By the time ATMIS concludes its work, the Somali people should be able to assume full responsibility for ensuring security throughout Somalia’s territory.”
2023-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9267 (2023) · source
“We consider its presence a critical factor in deterring extremist and other illegal activities in Somalia and a prerequisite for making progress in strengthening its statehood. We view positively the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia. We note the efforts made by Somalia’s neighbours to provide assistance in combating terrorism and welcomed the regional summit in Mogadishu on 1 February, which brought together the leaders of Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya and Ethiopia and saw the signing of a number of agreements with a view to bolstering joint action against the Al-Shabaab extremist group. At this point, as a priority, we need to focus on increasing the effectiveness of Somalia’s federal enforcement bodies so they can ensure effective control of the situation themselves.”
2023-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9267 (2023) · source
“We are aware that the Somali National Army, supported by local militias, conducted a series of successful offensive operations in the states of Galmudug and Hirshabelle, which resulted in the liberation of several towns from Al-Shabaab. The federal authorities also facilitated a resolution of the situation in South-West state. However, we are seriously concerned by the confrontation that broke out in the disputed region of Sool between Somaliland and Puntland. We hope that that conflict situation will be resolved as soon as possible. In that context, we attach great importance to the work of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, which plays a key role in combating terrorism and ensuring domestic security.”
2023-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9267 (2023) · source
“Meanwhile, we note the overall dire humanitarian situation throughout Somali territory. A significant part of the population remains on the brink of famine, which is expected to reach its peak in April and June this year if the necessary level of humanitarian assistance cannot be provided. The security situation in the country also remains of great concern. The extremist group Al-Shabaab continues to attack Government facilities, military units, international organizations and civilians in urban areas, especially in the capital and the Lower Shabelle region. On 23 January, militants fired on a helicopter belonging to the Russian joint-stock company UTair- Helicopter Services, which is involved in providing airlift services to the United Nations humanitarian mission in Somalia.”
2023-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9267 (2023) · source
“We anticipate that all participants in the Somali political process, including the leadership of the states of Puntland and Somaliland, will continue working together to establish a stable model for a federal structure. At the same time, we continue to believe in the need to preserve the territorial integrity and unity of Somalia. We consistently support the efforts of Mogadishu to stabilize the internal political situation. We note that the work of the National Consultative Council has intensified, within the framework of which the Federal Government and states have reached important agreements on cooperation for the implementation of key national priorities. We welcome the signing of an agreement between the Federal Government and the Somali state authorities on the division of power.”
2023-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9267 (2023) · source
“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Deputy Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho; the Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia, Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Souef; and the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, for their briefings. We are closely following the situation as it develops in the Federal Republic of Somalia, where the internal security situation remains difficult, the level of terrorist threat remains high and the deep territorial and clan fragmentation of society persists. The conclusion last year of the protracted electoral cycle created good preconditions for restoring State institutions, gradually promoting national reconciliation and improving the security situation in the country.”
2023-02-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9267 (2023) · source
“The Security Council must do its utmost to facilitate that process, including by lifting the remaining sanctions restrictions against the legitimate Government.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“We are very concerned that terrorist attacks in the Central African Republic are targeting Russian nationals. We strongly condemn the attack on Mr. Syty, Director-General of Russian House, a company operating in the Central African Republic, which took place in Bangui on 16 December 2022. We trust that the perpetrators of that crime will be identified and duly held accountable. Additional coordinated steps by the authorities of neighbouring States are needed to curb the illegal cross-border movement of militants. In conclusion, we would like to stress that only the comprehensive normalization of the security situation will enable Bangui to focus on a constructive domestic agenda in the interests of the citizens and the State.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“That situation directly threatens to exacerbate the situation in the country, in particular in humanitarian terms, and jeopardizes the achievements of recent years with regard to national reconciliation. We believe that it is important to continue effective support to the authorities on the part of MINUSCA, headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Rugwabiza. We thank the military personnel of the troop-contributing countries, who risk their lives on a daily basis in carrying out their duty. We welcome the signing of a comprehensive plan for election security with MINUSCA’s assistance. In general, we would like to reiterate that MINUSCA should particularly devote its resources to assisting the authorities in establishing State control, countering armed groups and protecting civilians.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Russian instructors sent there in response to a request by the legitimate authorities are successfully operating in the Central African Republic. The campaign to discredit them and the attempts in general to place the blame for human rights violations on the Central African Republic armed forces and bilateral partners are custom-made and are not supported by verified facts. We welcome the efforts of the Central African Republic authorities to ensure a State presence, strengthen administrative structures, continue security sector reform, develop the judicial system and prepare for the first local elections since 1988. In that context, we once again draw attention to the politicized decisions taken by some external donors to freeze direct budgetary support to the Central African Republic.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Rebel leaders must abandon violent fighting methods and engage in meaningful dialogue with Bangui, as there is no alternative to a political and diplomatic settlement in the Central African Republic. We believe that the decisions taken in the context of the implementation mechanism of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic — the Khartoum agreement — and the Luanda road map will promote peace efforts in Bangui. We continue to assist the Central African Republic in strengthening its defence capabilities. More than one shipment of military goods was delivered to the country with the knowledge of the sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“We believe that the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, signed in Bangui on 6 February 2019, remains the basis for achieving stability and security. We welcome the practical steps taken by Bangui in order to continue the political process, with a view to normalizing the situation in the country. We call on all parties to implement the unilateral ceasefire announced by the Head of State on 15 October 2021. We need to ensure that the illegal armed groups that did not sign the Luanda road map also participate in the process. According to the road map, the parties undertook to stop fighting, begin disarmament and demobilize former combatants.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“We believe that measure is necessary in order to strengthen the defence capacity of the country and to help it to combat the illegal armed groups who refuse to participate in national reconciliation and make it more difficult to prepare the new elections in the country. The African Union, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the African members of the Security Council speak unequivocally in favour of lifting sanctions. The people of the Central African Republic also remain very vocal in that regard. It is clear that lasting stabilization and progress on the political process are not possible unless the Central African Republic receives effective support in the capacity- building of its national military and law enforcement.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“At the same time, we note the increased activity of the remaining fighters in a number of border areas in recent months. The intensification of activities by illegal armed groups, including the most intransigent amongst them, the Unité pour la paix en Centrafrique and the Retour, réclamation et réhabilitation groups, gives rise to serious concern. Another worrisome trend is the emergence of new armed formations, such as Coalition Siriri, which operates in the border area with the Sudan, in coordination with the Unité pour la paix en Centrafrique and the Retour, réclamation et réhabilitation groups. In that regard, we call for more decisive steps on the part of the Security Council towards a complete lifting of the arms embargo against the Central African Republic.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, for her briefing. We are grateful to the Permanent Representative of Morocco, Mr. Omar Hilale, for the statement he delivered in his capacity as Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. We welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic, Ms. Sylvie Baipo Temon, in today’s meeting. We follow very closely the security developments in the Central African Republic. Overall, the country is under the control of Government forces, and the capacities of many illegal armed groups have been significantly reduced.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Those countries show extreme selectivity with regard to what the Council supposedly should or should not discuss. The objective of defining the steps that the Security Council could take to facilitate the search for a peaceful solution through negotiations is totally absent from the agenda of the meetings on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea those countries request. We call on Security Council members to finally pool their efforts to pursue that objective. We underscore once again that the Russian-Chinese political and humanitarian draft resolution (S/2022/431) is on the table, and its adoption could help us attain that objective.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“We are disappointed by the fact that every time those resolutions are mentioned, we hear only about their sanctions-related aspects, even though it has long been obvious that the policy of increasing sanctions pressure on Pyongyang is futile in form and inhumane in nature and must end. The negative cumulative effects of international and unilateral restrictive measures, which exacerbate the difficult situation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, are growing exponentially. Furthermore, the constant Security Council meetings on issues related to North Korea that are held when some Council members are not ready to engage in constructive dialogue and want only to criticize the country do not help to resolve the situation.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“Once again, we want to remind the Council that there can be no alternative to a multilateral political and diplomatic process aimed at creating a framework for peace in North-East Asia that takes account of the legitimate concerns of all the States in the region and aims to provide them with reliable security guarantees. We are ready to work for that and would like to point out once again that Russia and China have developed a plan of action for a comprehensive settlement of the situation on the Korean peninsula that involves concrete steps by the States concerned in one direction or another. I would like to also recall that Security Council resolutions on the issue of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea also sought a political and diplomatic solution.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“The desire to force the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea into unilateral disarmament with the help of sanctions and high pressure based on the concept of so-called extended deterrence will not yield the results that Washington is apparently expecting. As a result, we are hearing only increasingly belligerent rhetoric that is unfortunately being backed up with real-world actions. This is clearly a dead end that presents a direct threat to international peace and security. We continue to hope that the quest for a path to de-escalation through negotiations will replace the current escalatory trend.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“Any further ratcheting up of the spiral of escalation will take us ever closer to a dangerous point beyond which events could get completely out of control. We deplore the fact that the United States and its allies ignored the steps that Pyongyang undertook in 2018 and 2019 and whose implementation could have brought about a major improvement in the situation in the subregion. The position of a number of countries at that time also prevented the Council from assisting the process of detente. Pyongyang’s subsequent repeated calls on Washington to cease its hostile activity and refrain from ramping up the pressure were also ignored and various opportunities for dialogue missed. We have repeatedly pointed out the special responsibility that Washington and its allies bear in the current situation.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“The very day after the launch, the United States and the Republic of Korea organized joint air drills involving strategic bombers. Those are just a few examples of the continuing evolution of the situation in the subregion as a vicious circle. Last week, in a new edition of its defence doctrine, its so-called white paper, South Korea’s Ministry of Defence termed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea an “enemy”, with reference to a similar definition for the Republic of Korea announced in December 2022 by the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea. In response to the unprecedented and clearly anti-Pyongyang military manoeuvres by the countries of the region under the umbrella of the United States, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is conducting missile tests.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“We have consistently supported a holistic consideration of the issues and believe it is essential for the Security Council to take every factor into account in its discussions and consider the steps that the States involved are taking if it is to have a complete picture of what is happening. Today, for example, we have heard a lot about the missile launch, but there has been no attention to the fact that on the eve of the launch the authorities of the Republic of Korea and the United States announced the holding of staff exercises, which according to media reports included a visit to a port where American nuclear-equipped submarines are stationed, as well as the Freedom Shield field exercises, to be held in March.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing. Russia is opposed to any military activity that threatens the security of the Korean peninsula and the countries of North-East Asia. Our position on the matter is well known. Time after time we have underscored the need for all parties to show restraint and take practical steps affirming their willingness to resume a dialogue in line with the agreements already reached and the commitments already made. Instead, however, we are witnessing a sharp increase in military activity in North-East Asia that will only aggravate the situation and make the prospects for a political and diplomatic settlement of the issues on the Korean peninsula more distant.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9264 (2023) · source
“In particular, we view the actions of the United States, blocking all international formats in support of a settlement in the Middle East and trying to substitute a genuine political peace with an economic one, as destructive. We are convinced of the extreme danger of attempts to promote Arab- Israeli normalization by circumventing a just solution to the Palestinian issue. We regret that such a trend is being transferred by Washington to the platform of the Security Council, where the United States is doing everything possible to prevent the adoption of any solutions that the Palestinians need.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“In that alarming context, we believe that the primary task is to achieve a lasting stabilization of the situation on the ground and to restore the political horizon for reviving the peaceful Middle East settlement process on a universally recognized international legal basis, with the core element of a two-State solution. It is also necessary to achieve intra-Palestinian reconciliation, which is the most important condition for reviving the peace process. As a permanent member of the Security Council and a member of the international Middle East Quartet mediators, Russia is ready to make a significant contribution to a comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. We view attempts to usurp external support of contacts between the sides as counterproductive and contrary to the fundamental interests of the two peoples.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“Against that background, there has been a consistent degradation of the overall social and humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories despite Israel’s professed efforts to provide economic assistance to the Palestinians. In that context, there is a need to ensure that UNRWA continues its effective efforts to provide comprehensive humanitarian assistance in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as well as in neighbouring Arab countries. In that regard, we call on international donors to support the Agency’s flash appeal for $2.7 million to assist Palestinian refugees affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“Recent events clearly underscore the need for the urgent resumption of a constructive Palestinian-Israeli dialogue and for avoiding unilateral action. An end to the cycle of violence can be brought about only through a negotiating process, based on the principles of international law, that results in the establishment of an independent Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, living in peace and security with Israel. The lack of a political horizon, combined with Israel’s increased unilateral steps, undermines not only the basis for a settlement but also the credibility of the peace process as such, leading to radicalization on both sides.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“Against that backdrop, the Israeli intention to double the number of settlers living in the Jordan Valley, as well as in the Syrian Golan Heights, by 2026 can be seen as a de facto annexation of most of the occupied Palestinian, as well as Syrian, territory. We support presidential statement S/PRST/2023/1, adopted on this issue today by the Security Council. We also strongly condemn Israeli strikes against Syria, which further seriously destabilize the situation in the Middle East region. We view such developments with deep concern. We call on all sides to exercise maximum restraint and prevent the further escalation of tensions, especially in view of the fact that tensions unfortunately tend to erupt at times of religious holidays, in particular the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“Amid the increasing Israeli occupation and military activity, Palestinian news coverage has become a series of reports of killings, arbitrary detentions, the inhumane treatment of prisoners, forced evictions and the expropriation and destruction of property. We already presented the corresponding statistics at a previous meeting. The beginning of this year was marked by further destabilizing provocative steps: the visit by the Israeli National Security Minister, Mr. Ben-Gvir, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a bloody raid by Israeli military personnel in Jenin, which was followed by terror attacks in East Jerusalem, and the decision by the Israeli authorities to legalize nine outposts and approve plans to build approximately 10,000 houses in settlements in the West Bank.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): We thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Tor Wennesland, for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East region in the context of a settlement. We listened carefully to the Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Ms. Leni Stenseth. The latest escalation in violence in the Palestinian- Israeli conflict has once again demonstrated the danger and destructiveness of the absence of a peace process, which has been blocked by our colleagues on the Security Council in the interests of one side.”
2023-02-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9263 (2023) · source
“I would like to remind him that this was our common victory, both ours and theirs. For some reason, the United States likes to cunningly attribute it to itself. The root of the majority of the problems facing our present-day world probably lies therein.”
2023-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9256 (2023) · source
“Mr. Polyanskiy (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): Since we spoke first, I would just like to make a few remarks by way of reaction. I would like to correct my Albanian colleague: Roger Waters has not been threatened in any way in Russia. We respect freedom of speech, unlike the countries of the West, which prohibit alternative points of view and pretend this is what freedom of speech should look like. I would like to recall that we were the ones who invited Roger Waters to speak to the Council today. In a fuss, the Albanian representative probably confused Russia and Ukraine, because in Ukraine, Mr. Waters is on the Myrotvorets, or “Peacemaker”, website, which is infamous and is used as a database of all those whom Ukrainian nationalists perceive as targets. My American colleague just spoke about victory in the Cold War.”
2023-02-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9256 (2023) · source
“This is neither the forced repatriation nor the deportation that our former Western partners speak, unwilling to believe that millions of former Ukrainian citizens, who were oppressed by the Kyiv regime, have now chosen to align their future with Russia. We also believe in that future, and we will do everything in our power to make it a reality. Of course, it is best if we use peaceful means. That is our preferred approach, as is well known to everybody. But if the collective West continues through its arms supplies to hamper prospects for peace in Ukraine, then, of course, the aims of the special military operation will have to be achieved through military means, no matter how hard our former partners from the West and their Ukrainian minions try to prevent us from doing so.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Ukraine is just a blind pawn in that enemy’s hands. We are therefore obligated to stop the Kyiv regime for the sake of our future, the future of our children and the future of Ukrainian children whose fathers are being sent by Zelenskyy’s criminal regime to certain death as cannon fodder in this fratricidal war. It is our duty to stop Kyiv’s terrible nationalist crimes — and most Ukrainians understand that perfectly well. How else can we explain that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, out of the 8 million who have left Ukraine, allmost 3 million people have gone to Russia? Given the fact that some more people went to Russia at the time of the Maidan madness, their total now is more than 5 million people.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Therefore, with regard to Russia, it does not seem to be a sin for sophisticated European audiences to nurture plans of ethnic cleansing, just like German fascists did with regard to our country in the past. These are the same fascists whose descendants, in violation of the Constitution of their country, which has repented of its terrible sins against humanity, now once again send tanks into Ukraine to kill Russians, as they did in 1941. Furthermore, some Ukrainian public activists are asking those who are supporting Russians to wear a red star in public. What should we think of that? What other historical associations are going to crop up because of all of this? The answer is obvious. As we did 80 years ago, we are once again facing a treacherous enemy that is trying to destroy our country and our culture.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“One could consider those words to be nonsense and just the position of a single Pole, if those ideas were not constantly repeated in Warsaw, Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius and a number of Eastern European capitals, and if the European Parliament, one of the key structures of the European Union, did not take action to promote the collapse of Russia. What conclusions should we draw? What should we think when, several days ago, live on a French State television channel, inveterate commentators fantasized about cleansing Crimea of ethnic Russians after its future liberation, arguing that maintaining the peninsula as part of Ukraine would involve repatriating most or a significant part of the Crimean population because people there are almost universally loyal to Russia and support President Putin?”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“The most zealous of them are the young Europeans who surreptitiously want to resolve the so-called Russian issue once and for all. How else, for example, can we explain what was written by Anna Fotyga, a Polish member of the European Parliament, in an opinion piece that was published on the EURACTIV.com website: “There are no such things as Russian gas, oil, aluminium, coal, uranium, diamonds, grain, forests, gold, etc. All such resources are Tatar, Bashkir, Siberian, Karelian, Oirat, Circassian, Buryat, Sakha, Ural, Kuban, Nogai, etc; “[w]e should discuss the prospects for the creation of free and independent states in the post-Russian space; “[t]he rupture of the Russian Federation will bring unquestionable benefits”.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“Anyone with common sense can see that the military action that is now going on is not between Ukraine and Russia but between Russia and the collective NATO West, which is using Ukraine merely as a tool in its geopolitical crusade against Russia — a crusade that started at least nine years ago, in 2014, when as a result of the anti-constitutional coup d’état in Kyiv, a hostile, neo-Nazi, Russophobe hornet’s nest began to form on Russia’s borders and almost immediately launched a deadly attack on the Russian-speaking population of the country, which the residents of Crimea and Donbas immediately rose up against. In the past few months we have come to believe that the anti-Russian mindset of our former Western partners is not going anywhere.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“After all, thanks to the generosity of those same Western countries that are supplying arms to Ukraine, the United Nations emergency response plan for Ukraine for 2022 received 79.2 per cent of its funding, substantially more than the funds received by the United Nations for humanitarian assistance for the long-suffering population of Afghanistan, at 62 per cent, or Syria, at 47 per cent, countries that have suffered directly as a result of the actions of the United States-led international coalition. In general, we never cease to be amazed by the two-faced positions of the major donor countries. Contributions for development assistance, like those for the regular budgets of United Nations agencies, have plummeted, while the money for arms supplies to Ukraine is reaching ever new heights.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“It is revealing that as soon as international non-governmental organizations have the courage to advertise the clear facts of Ukraine’s violations of international humanitarian law they are immediately subjected to intimidation that verges on harassment. We all remember how Amnesty International was punished for telling the truth about the torture of Russian prisoners of war. For the people of many Member States, any mention of Ukraine is associated with double standards, and not only because of the terrible situations I have mentioned.”
2023-02-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9254 (2023) · source
“The same cannot be said of Ukrainian nationalists, whose horrific footage of torture of Russian prisoners of war and killings of civilians has been seen all over the world. In addition, we often hear terrible admissions from captured Ukrainian soldiers themselves, as well as their relatives, about their conditions of service and how they are treated by their commanders. People are used as cannon fodder as they fight to the last Ukrainian. It has reached a point where mothers and wives of Ukrainian soldiers are appealing to the Russian human rights ombudsman for their loved ones to remain in our country so that they will not be forced back to the front again.”
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“We are also seeing the Ukrainian army target infrastructure of significance for Europe generally. A few days ago a Ukrainian missile hit the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region. A huge crater was left at the site of the strike, but fortunately the pipeline was not badly damaged. I should point out that this pipeline system, one of the world’s largest, is still supplying Europe with oil from Kazakhstan as well as Russia. Europe’s politicians and taxpayers should consider whose interests their Governments are serving by covering up such crimes by the Kyiv regime. Russia takes a responsible approach to issues relating to the detention of prisoners of war and strictly complies with its obligations under international humanitarian law, ensuring their humane treatment, among other things.”
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