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Sergeyev

lines on the record: 322
first: 2009-11-18
most recent: 2015-06-05
sittings or episodes: 30
sources: un-security-council

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“At the same time, we urge the Russian Federation and its proxies to immediately start fulfilling their obligations under the provisions of the Minsk agreements and resolution 2202 (2015). We demand that Russia withdraw its armed forces from Ukraine, stop fortifying the terrorist organizations with personnel and weapons, cease its destabilizing and provocative actions in Ukraine, and release all hostages. Russia must also end its occupation of Crimea, which remains an integral part of Ukraine.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“The Office notes that the so-called Crimean authorities continue to restrict the rights of ethnic Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar people. Let me go back to where I began. Taking into account Russia's serious violations of resolution 2202 (2015), I would kindly request that Security Council members promptly react to those provocations and violations and make every effort to promote a peaceful resolution of the conflict. The international community previously stated that an assault on Mariupol would be a red line which, if crossed by Russia, would trigger an immediate and resolute response. In the light of the events of 3 June, the same approach should be applied to the Marinka case.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“It is not only the OSCE Mission that continuously witnesses the deterioration of the situation on the ground. A few days ago, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published its tenth report on the human rights situation in Ukraine. It is important that the report clearly highlights the responsibility of the Russian Federation for the deterioration of the situation in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine. In particular, it takes note of the Russian Federation's supplying modern types of heavy weaponry and mercenaries and widely confirms that crimes and human rights violations have been committed by militants with Russia's support. The difficult human rights situation in the temporarily occupied Crimea is also reflected in the document.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“I would like to underscore that we promptly informed the OSCE Mission that Ukrainian armed forces' heavy weapons would be returned to the contact line in order to deal with the real threat posed by the fighting in Marinka and to defend civilians living in the local areas. The recent provocative steps taken by the Russian side clearly indicate Russia's intentions to escalate the conflict and disrupt the Minsk process. The recent assaults are an attempt by the Russian side to exert military pressure on international players on the eve of important international events. The task of the Security Council is to prevent the aggressor from taking further destructive actions in this direction. We have to use all possible political and diplomatic leverage in this regard.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“It is noteworthy that the Mission made several attempts to contact the high-ranking leaders of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic in order to facilitate a cessation of the fighting around Marinka, but without success. The so-called leaders did not respond to the Mission. Ukraine has consistently and in good faith lived up to the Minsk agreements in full and tried to use all possible diplomatic leverage to deter escalation. Thanks to the Ukrainian Army's effective defence, Ukraine has avoided new wave of conflict escalation in Donbas and discouraged the Kremlin's attempts to subvert the provisions of both the resolution 2202 (2015) and the Minsk agreements by making accusations against the Ukrainian side.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“It occurred immediately after Russia's attempt to disrupt the meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group and its thematic subgroups in Minsk on 2 June. We are sure that the massive targeted assault around Marinka was planned in advance by the Russian Federation, and the conclusions of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission prove it. In particular, "Between 2230 hours on 2 June and 0530 hours on 3 June the [Mission] observed the movement of a large amount of heavy weapons in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic in a westerly direction towards the contact line i close to Marinka, preceding and during the fighting". The Mission observed and tracked, inter alia, movements of armoured vehicles, including battle tanks, heavy artillery, military trucks and more.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“Meanwhile, after the failure of the 3 June assault, Russian-backed terrorists continued attacks overnight. In the direction of Mariupol, the terrorists shelled Shyrokyne with artillery, mortars, grenade launchers and small arms. In the direction of Luhansk, the militants attacked Donetske, Novotoshkivske, Stanytsya Luhanska and Krymske. In the direction of Artemivsk, the terrorists shelled Zolote with grenade launchers and Leninske with small arms. In the direction of Donetsk, the terrorists attacked Pisky with mortars and Novotroitske with grenade launchers. Russia and its proxies in Donbas have repeatedly violated the Minsk agreements of 5 and 19 September 2014 as well as of 12 February 2015. The assault near Mariynka became the second large-scale assault after the flagrant assault on Debaltseve in February.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“These attacks were intended to test the defence and response capabilities of the Ukrainian forces and to seize control of territory and vital socioeconomic infrastructure - the Karlovske water reservoir, the Kurakhove and Shchastya power stations, and the Volnovakha railway hub. If the attackers had captured Marinka, they would have been able to seize positions from which they could impose an economic blockade on Mariupol, surround Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka and near Donetsk airport, thereby enabling a larger offensive along the front line. The Ukrainian anti-terrorist operation forces fought off these assaults. However, five servicemen were killed in action, four of them in Marinka, and 38 were wounded. Moreover, three civilians were reported dead.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“That is why I would like to start by drawing the Security Council's attention to the Russian Federation's and the Russian-backed terrorists' grave violations of the ceasefire and Minsk agreements in general, which were explicitly endorsed by resolution 2202 (2015). On 3 June, the militants, with the direct backing of Russian regular armed forces, carried out a massive targeted assault on Ukrainian forces around Marinka as well as an attack near Shchastya. Some 1,000 persons, including Russian regular military cadre, and 30 tanks were engaged in the assault near Marinka. Ukrainian forces were shelled 82 times, including 11 times with the Grad system. Artillery fire was professionally coordinated, which also attests to the presence of Russian regular artillery crews.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“I would like to start by reminding the Russian authorities that Ukraine has a full right to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty, which are being challenged by Russia's occupation of Crimea and the aggression against our eastern regions. This right to defend ourselves is provided by our Constitution and the Charter of the United Nations - namely, Article 51 - and includes the right to invite other countries to help us with self-defence. What are the legal sources to justify the Russian decision to send weapons, troops, mercenaries? There are none. No justification can be found in the Charter of the United Nations.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council for the month of June. It is of high importance that the Security Council is holding a meeting on the current situation in and around Ukraine. I would like to express my gratitude to our briefers, Mr. Jeffrey Feltman and Mr. Alexander Hug, for their important messages on the current situation on the ground and the measures taken by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to monitor the implementation of the Minsk agreements. I would like to express my gratitude to all members of the Council for their dedication to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. I thank them for their solidarity. Two days ago, we listened carefully to a lecture from the Russian delegation on what Ukraine is doing wrong.”
2015-06-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7457 (2015) · source
“I would like to make a general observation. Listening to the Russian delegation since last year and here again today, I must repeat what I have been saying since last March. Russia is an arsonist who is trying to play the role of the fire safety inspector. As long as it seek to play such a role, no constructive dialogue will be possible.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“(spoke in French) In conclusion, a year ago, Russia became like a blind painter who has decided to recolour the international landscape according to his own taste. That is why a series of black marks have appeared, blackening the reputation of the Charter of the United Nations. That black paint was applied by Russia's hand alone. What remains for us to do is to try to remove those black marks on the Council and everywhere else. I would like to thank all members of the Security Council for their support to Ukraine.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“On 4 February, there was an unfortunate explosion at one of the biggest mines in Donetsk. Our special rescue team was just 45 kilometres away from the mine, and the Ukrainian Government immediately offered to send it there to help extract the miners from below ground. The separatists senselessly and mercilessly refused to let the team in. For its part, the Russian side continues to send so- called humanitarian convoys without the involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and fully excluding the Ukrainian side. What the Russian delegation stated today on the issue of the humanitarian convoys is nothing but an attempt to misinform the international community and the Security Council. I should like to remind the Council that it is not only a serious violation of international and national law; it is a crime.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“We appreciate the United Nations humanitarian efforts, namely, the launch last week, jointly with the Government, of the 2015 humanitarian response plan. The Government of Ukraine devotes great attention to the people who now live in areas temporarily uncontrolled by the Ukrainian authorities. The Ukrainian Government has done everything possible, from supplying gas and electricity to providing humanitarian assistance. Russian-backed militants impede, through shelling and other threats, the efforts of Ukrainian personnel to repair gas pipelines and electricity lines. As for the Ukrainian Government's humanitarian assistance, most of it has not, to date, reached non-Government controlled territories, owing to the refusal ofthe Russian-backed terrorists to provide safe and unhindered access for humanitarian deliveries and personnel.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“Under no circumstances can the United Nations accept that Russia has turned Crimea into an isolated military camp and its residents into recluses. We encourage the United Nations to be more persistent in ensuring the implementation of international human-rights treaties and the recommendations ofthe Human Rights Mission in Ukraine by Russia and the administration installed in Crimea by the occupying Power. They must also allow access by missions of international organizations to the peninsula seeking to monitor the observance of human rights. More than 6,000 deaths, many thousands of injured people and over one million internally displaced persons - that is the human toll that Ukraine is paying for Russia's intervention. The Ukrainian Government is doing its best to cope with the unfolding humanitarian crisis.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“We have witnessed the arrests and detentions of Crimean Tatar activists on totalitarian charges relating to the demonstrations and activities of their civil society organizations, and media outlets are being disrupted on the false grounds of preventing so-called extremist activities. The arrests, prosecutions and deportations of Crimean Tatar leaders, including People's Deputy of Ukraine Mustafa Dzhemilev, the Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, Refat Chubarov, and his Deputy, Ahtem Ciygoz, are politically motivated. Over 10,000 have been forced to leave Crimea for mainland Ukraine. It has been the most serious blow to the Crimean Tatars since the Stalinist deportation. Those and other outrageous acts must be immediately dealt with by the Council.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“We reiterate our protest against the continued attempts by Russian authorities to fabricate new trumped-up charges against other Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, among whom are Oleg Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko. A year ago Russia launched its full-fledged aggression against Ukraine. There is no need to remind members of the Council how the occupation and annexation of Crimea was conducted. What is the human rights situation in that occupied territory at the moment? The implementation of Russian laws, which contravenes General Assembly resolution 68/262, has had serious human rights implications.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“By any standard, Russia's detention and ill- treatment of Ms. Nadiya Savchenko constitute a grave violation of human rights. We remind the Russian side that at the Normandy format summit in Minsk on 12 February it was agreed that all hostages and illegally detained persons must be released within 19 days. The agreed measure fully covers the case of Nadiya Savchenko. We call on Russia to honour its commitments by immediately releasing Savchenko and all other Ukrainian hostages. My delegation is grateful to numerous States and organizations for their clear and strong statements in support of the immediate freeing of Savchenko.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“Simonovic dismisses any internal human rights pretext for the ongoing external aggression in Ukraine. On the contrary, it clearly indicates a continuing flow of heavy weaponry and foreign fighters from the Russian Federation into the areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by illegal armed groups. It is crystal clear that an immediate end to the Russian aggression in the Donbas and the occupation of the Crimea is an indispensable precondition for ensuring respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the Crimea and the Donbas regions in eastern Ukraine. At the same time, Ukraine is doing its best to take forward a human-rights agenda, including through developing a National Human Rights Strategy, which envisages elaborating a National Action Plan for Human Rights.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“We once again call on the Russian Federation and the Russian-backed mercenaries to immediately fulfil their obligations under the Minsk agreements and Security Council resolution 2202 (2015). We demand that the Russian Federation influence its agents in eastern Ukraine to guarantee all of the conditions necessary for the OSCE to fulfil its duties in the field. We find it difficult to trust the words ofthe Russian side; they have made so many statements. We have lost confidence even in their actions, because there has been no real action; only the pretence of such. We await the outcome of the implementation of the package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements of September 2014 and of February 2015. (spoke in English) The latest report of the Human Rights Mission in Ukraine presented today by Mr.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“The Ukrainian armed forces have strictly followed the order issued by the President of Ukraine to implement the ceasefire as of 15 February. Ukraine has continued to withdraw its heavy weapons from the line of contact. At the present time, 150-millimetre artillery weapons have already been removed from the line of contact. Grad missile operations were halted yesterday and the Uragan systems are withdrawing today. That step was carried out under OSCE monitoring and verification. But the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the Donbas by the Ukrainian Army and the Russian-backed fighters should be carried out simultaneously. Moreover, it must be precisely coordinated and monitored by the OSCE. Ukraine is committed to continuing to provide all necessary assistance to the OSCE in Ukraine in that regard.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“These attacks were against the letter and the spirit of the Minsk agreements." (S/PV. 7395, p.3) After Debaltseve, Mariupol is the most likely target of an attack. Furthermore, with the start of the ceasefire, the self-proclaimed leaders of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic demonstrated their reluctance to create conditions that would allow the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to effectively monitor and verify the ceasefire regime and the withdrawal of heavy weapons. For our part, we remain fully committed to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, including those reached in September 2014. We believe that they remain the road map for seeking a peaceful settlement of the conflict.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“As a result, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost 64 soldiers and 341 have been wounded. On the last day alone, terrorists attacked positions of the Ukrainian military 58 times. Since the launching of the anti-terrorist operation last year, 1,541 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 6,226 wounded. The Russian side and pro-Russian separatists launched an offensive on the city of Debaltseve, which has already become a symbol of Russia's flagrant violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. As Ambassador Apakan, head ofthe Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), informed the Council last Friday, "This was an attempt to create new facts on the ground, and so to change the basis on which the latest package of measures had been agreed.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“Mr. Sergeyev (Ukraine) (spoke in French): I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this meeting to discuss the current situation in Ukraine. It is our hope that under your presidency the Ukraine issue will progress further towards a resolution. I thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Mr. Ivan Simonovic' and Mr. John Ging for their important and timely briefings. Unfortunately, the facts mentioned today show that the Minsk agreements of 12 February this year, and of 5 and 19 September of last year, have not been implemented in full. The armed and pro-Russian groups are continuing their attacks on positions and control centres of the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as on civilian residences. Since the ceasefire of 15 February, the militants have carried out over 750 attacks.”
2015-03-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7400 (2015) · source
“I am sorry, Mr. President, but what we have heard from our colleague is unacceptable. Our leaders met in Minsk and they made very clear statements. They supported very clear provisions, and we cannot agree with the interpretation of the Minsk agreements that has been heard from the Russian side. I am so sorry, but we are not here to launch a third round of Minsk negotiations and reinterpret what our leaders agreed upon.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“With regard to the eastern regions, as well as elsewhere, work is under way on decentralization and expanding the powers of local authorities. Therefore, once again, I ask that Russia not interfere in our affairs. We will decide for ourselves how to live, what to build and how to establish dialogue with our own people.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“Mr. Sergeyev (Ukraine) (spoke in Russian): What has been called the unification of Crimea should really be called occupation and annexation following an aggressive attack. We shall discuss that further. What was said about humanitarian convoys is a challenge to international law, which defines arrangements for supplies of humanitarian assistance to a second country. In today's statement by the representative of Russia, international law was once again trampled all over. They have their law and they know how to use it. As to a constitution, we reject anything that smacks of Russian interference. Russia has been trying to tell us how we should develop and what our constitutional order should be 4 what the next Constitution should look like. Everything was clearly stated to our people.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“We call on the countries Members of the United Nations to express a decisive protest against the blocking of the work of the OSCE special monitoring mission. We also call on the permanent members of the Security Council to prevent further violation of the fundamental principles and rules of the United Nations and avert the unleashing of full-scale warfare in the very centre of Europe. To become a real contributor to a peaceful settlement of the conflict, the Russian Federation needs to withdraw all of its armed forces from the territory of Ukraine and to secure the Russian-Ukrainian border, as well as to force Russian-backed separatists to fulfil the provisions of the Minsk agreements. The chance for peace must be used. The unity of the entire civilized world in solidarity with Ukraine gives hope for the restoration of peace.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“The militants' ringleader blatantly threatened to kill every defender of Debaltseve unless they laid down their weapons. He also threatened to move westward and seize the city of Kharkiv. Civilians are also falling victim to the indiscriminate shelling of the town by the terrorists. The cruel assaults on Debaltseve and many other locations essentially make a mockery of the ceasefire concept and undermine the very essence of the peace process. Against that backdrop, we call on the countries participating in the Minsk negotiations - Germany, France and Russia - to make every possible effort to ensure the fulfilment of the Minsk plan based on the 5 September Minsk protocol, the Minsk memorandum of 19 September and the documents adopted on 12 February in Minsk.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“I think it will not be a surprise to any member of the Council to hear that heavy weapons and equipment continue to be shipped to the east okaraine. Today at least 12 armoured vehicles and 54 trucks with ammunition broke into Ukraine through the Izvaryne border checkpoint, which the Ukrainian Government currently does not control. The situation in Debaltseve is incredibly tense. Again with the support of Russian forces and heavy weapons, the militants are incessantly and violently attacking Ukrainian positions in and around the town. Taking advantage of the situation of the Ukrainian military refraining from taking action, in line with the ceasefire, the militants and Russian forces have done their best to surround the town.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“From midnight on 15 February until this morning, Ukrainian positions were shelled more than 160 times - not with small arms, but with mortars, artillery systems, rocket systems and tanks. Eleven servicemen were killed and 36 wounded as a result of those attacks by the terrorists. Yet the Ukrainian military has kept its weapons silent, unless it was under direct attack. On the very first day ofthe ceasefire, the Russian side illegally brought the fourteenth so-called humanitarian convoy into the east of Ukraine. As before, that was done without the consent of the Ukrainian side and without activating the international mechanism that the 12 February arrangements clearly envisaged. I have not mentioned that the number of trucks, as well as their contents, does not match what was declared in the documents.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“Yesterday, after telephone negotiations with the President of Russia, the Chancellor of Germany and the President of France, there was an agreement to hold negotiations at the level of the representatives of the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine, the general staff of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and representatives of Luhansk and Donetsk. Negotiations were held this morning via video teleconference. While restoring the access of the OSCE mission to Debaltseve was to be the outcome of the negotiations, the Russian party blocked the opportunity. Militants in control of Debaltseve have declared the continuation of offensive operations, thereby flagrantly violating all of the previous arrangements and the entire package of the Minsk agreements.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“Unfortunately, despite hopes for a responsible position on the part of all the parties that adopted the 12 February declaration in support of the package of measures on the fulfilment ofthe Minsk agreements and the signatories to that set of measures - including the Russian Federation and the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic - there has been a failure to comply with the agreements, and the hope for peace has virtually been ruined. Instead, at the moment there are attempts to return everyone to war and an escalation of the situation.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“Yet that is all on paper; what happens in reality is quite the opposite. Ukraine has demonstrated a responsible attitude to fulfilling the international obligations it has undertaken. The arrangement on ensuring the ceasefire regime starting 15 February has been fulfilled as stipulated in the documents adopted in Minsk and in the Normandy format with the participation of the Presidents of Ukraine, France and Russia and the Chancellor of Germany. Withdrawing heavy weaponry after ensuring an unconditional, comprehensive and sustainable ceasefire - with the assistance and monitoring of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the support of the trilateral contact group - was to be the next step.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“Let me start with our thanks to you personally, Mr. President, and to the members of the Security Council for today's strong statement on the situation in Debaltseve. I will speak on that issue later. We are grateful to the members of the Security Council for their continued support of the Minsk process since the first agreements on a peaceful settlement were adopted, on 5 and 19 September. Ukraine welcomes the Council's support for the recent 12 February agreements, which do not substitute for but, rather, reinforce those adopted last Semptember. The Russian side quite obviously positions itself as a devoted proponent of the peace process and a guarantor of the effective implementation of the Minsk agreements. It even proposed resolution 2203 (2015), which has just been adopted.”
2015-02-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7384 (2015) · source
“I call again on the Russian Federation not to play with words or to turn Council deliberations into theatre. We have a lot of proof of its direct and indirect aggression in Ukraine. We are still restrained in calling for the Council's full recognition that Russia is the aggressor, but that cannot last long. Russia is a sponsor of terrorism in Ukraine. We advise Russia to stop and to do what was agreed in Minsk.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“It would be much easier for all of us to solve the problem if they immediately withdrew those forces and their presence in Ukraine, pursuant to the Minsk agreement. What we have heard instead from the Russian representative in the Council today is nothing but the old, arid and constantly repeated magic mantra - fictions about coup d'etats, Bandera and Shukhevych fascists, anti-Semites, oppression of the Russian language, ignoring the rights of the Donbas population, and so on. But not even once have Ukraine and the world received even a briefand meaningful message ofcondolence from Russia for the victims killed by its own mercenaries in Mariupol or Volnovakha. Instead, we see how Russia helps the Russian-speaking population of Donbas: by exterminating it with Grad shelling.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“My country has been mentioned once again. Ukraine has always presented facts and figures, confirmed not only by other national competent authorities, but also by many independent observers and missions of international organizations on the ground. Today, we also have a list of questions on the 16 battalions and other groups. I urge the Council to compare the figures. At the last Council meeting (see S/PV.7365), 9,000 Russian troops were mentioned. Today, we have calculated that there are around 12,000 troops, 235 tanks, 720 armoured combat vehicles and 263 artillery systems. It would be much easier for us if we received any explanation from the Russian side about what they are doing in the sovereign territory of Ukraine.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“Let me summarize my statement with the words of our President: "We stand for peace, but we accept the enemy's challenge. We will defend our homeland as true patriots. We will do everything to stop the pain and suffering, to return peace to each Ukrainian family - from Lviv to Luhansk, from Chernihiv to Kerch. Having united our efforts, we will defend our freedom." In this struggle for Ukraine, for Europe and, ultimately, for the Charter of the United Nations, we count on the Council's solidarity and actions.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“We call on the international community to respond resolutely to the crimes of terrorists and to increase all forms of pressure on those who sponsor and support them. Our position remains constant: the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic must be recognized as terrorist organizations. Time and again, we have called on the Security Council to finally exercise its responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations so as to prevent these terrorist groups from committing their crimes. The only way to do that is to put an end to the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Today, as never before, we need joint decisive actions by the international community against terrorist organizations and those who control them.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“We seek international support so that Russia is finally compelled to keep its promises, rein in its proxies and stop sending troops and weaponry into Ukraine. We demand that Russia fully implement the Minsk agreements, which it has thus far supported in words only, including the immediate withdrawal of all its armed forces from the territory of Ukraine, the stabilization of the Ukrainian-Russian border and the establishment of international monitoring. It should also free without any further delay Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko - who is still on a hunger strike that is endangering her life - as well as Oleg Sentsov, Alexander Kolchenko and the other Ukrainian citizens who are being held in Russia illegally.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“Further evidence of that is Russia's blocking of a draft statement by the Security Council condemning this horrible event, as well as its complete silence not a single word of reproach - about the terrorists' other barbaric acts in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, such as the attack on Volnovakha, the shameful behaviour with regard to Ukrainian hostages, the tragedy at the trolleybus stop in Donetsk and many other cases. Therefore, the Russian Federation, which continues to support terrorist activities and whose troops are directly involved in hostilities against Ukraine, is solely responsible for the murders in recent weeks of innocent civilians in Volnovakha, Debaltsevo, Donetsk, Mariupol and many other towns and villages in Ukraine.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“At the last meeting of the Security Council (see S/PV.7365), I demanded an explanation as to what 16 Russian battalions and a huge number of tanks and artillery were doing in my country without an invitation. The civilized world is waiting for an explanation from the Russian side. On can find additional evidence on my Mission's website, which we will try to send to Council members as well. If militants and Russia had complied with the Minsk agreements, this tragedy - the most dreadful since the beginning of the Russian aggression - would not have happened. Radio and telephone conversations intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine irrefutably indicate that the attack was organized by terrorists supported by Russia.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“In that respect, it is highly regretful that one of the permanent members of the Security Council, bestowed by the Charter of the United Nations with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, has once again showed its utter disrespect, not only of the Charter but of human values, by blocking the Council's condemnation of the heinous crimes against humanity committed by terrorists in Mariupol. Today's statement delivered by the Russian delegation made it sound as if it were not Russia that invaded, occupied and annexed a part of the Ukrainian sovereign territory of Crimea last spring. The Russian delegation's statement today made it sound as if regular Russian troops were not in Ukrainian sovereign territory.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“Yesterday was yet another day of mourning in Ukraine. We express our gratitude to the whole civilized world for its strong solidarity with Ukraine in the wake of this horrible tragedy, for the deepest sympathy and condolences to the families ofthe victims and for the wishes for a swift recovery of those injured. Ukraine appreciates the Secretary-General's clear and unambiguous statement denouncing the unilateral withdrawal from the ceasefire by the so-called rebel leadership.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“According to the 24 January spot report of the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the bombardment was carried out using multiple Grad and Uragan rockets launched from inside terrorist- controlled territory. The shelling of Mariupol began just after statements by one of the terrorist leaders about imminent attacks on Ukrainian cities, as well as a significant increase in inflows of Russian armed forces and weapons into the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. As the President of Ukraine stated, "The bloody murder of dozens of civilians and injuries to almost 100 people by pro-Russian terrorists in Mariupol not only constitute a terrorist attack, they are a crime against humanity, and thus an issue to be considered by the tribunal in The Hague".”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“Thank you for convening today's urgent meeting, Mr. President. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing, and all those here whose statements supported Ukraine and expressed sympathy with my people. Unfortunately, since the previous Security Council meeting on Ukraine on 21 January, (see S/PV.7365) the situation there has deteriorated significantly. On 24 January, Russian-backed terrorists committed another heinous crime against humanity. As a result of the shelling of residential areas in Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine, 30 civilians were killed and more than 100 wounded.”
2015-01-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7368 (2015) · source
“Those who killed the passengers of Flight MH-l7, those who killed priests and those who killed civilians are terrorists and they would be considered terrorists anywhere, whatever their nationality or the threat they represent. We are participating in the common fight against terrorism. They are terrorists and they are called by that name because their actions identify them as terrorists.”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source
“Why are we doing that? Because of the facts expressed today - the enlargement ofthe Russian military presence in in Donbas, Ukraine, with thousands of Russian nationals and sophisticated weaponry. We have a right to defend ourselves. That is why we are doing so, ourselves. Based on the United Nations principle of collective self-defence, we have called on many countries and organizations for assistance. It has not been easy to get a response; we have not received any weaponry equal to the Russians'. That is why we are doing what we are doing to defend ourselves. It is our right. As to the issue of Ukrainian citizens, the paper I mentioned is addressed to the Ukrainian citizens in Donbas who are under the terrorist threat. Who are we calling terrorists?”
2015-01-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7365 (2015) · source