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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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“What Russia is declaring thus does not square with its actions. Ukraine demands that the Russian side immediately cease provocations on the State border with Ukraine, stop hindering efforts of the Ukrainian side and the international community to put an end to terrorism and other violence in Donetsk and Luhansk, which are Oblasts of Ukraine, return to President Poroshenko's peace plan, withdraw its forces from the Ukrainian border and stop threatening peace and security in our country, the region and the world as whole.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“The persistence of illegal terrorist military activity has been possible only with the Russian Federation's direct and overt support, despite continued calls by Ukraine and the international community to stop. Although officials in Moscow have constantly and tirelessly insisted that they were not involved in the situation in Donbass region, the irrefutable facts clearly indicate the opposite. Russian citizens are members of the leadership of the terrorist groups. Heavy armaments and ammunition continues to be supplied from the Russian side of the State border. Just yesterday, a column of heavy armoured battle vehicles attempted to break into Ukraine through the border with the Russian territory at border checkpoint Izvarino. Russia is financing the terrorists. Numerous provocations are happening on the Russian-Ukrainian border.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Let me quote the President of Ukraine: "Having shot down the aircraft, militants committed three crimes - the terrorist act of firing a missile at a civilian aircraft; offensive mistreatment of dead bodies, particularly their removal; and the destruction of evidence and the hindering of the work not only of the Ukrainian Commission of Inquiry but also of the international experts of the International Civil Aviation Organization Commission". The so-called Luhansk and Donetsk Republics must be recognized as terrorist organizations, not only in Ukraine, but throughout the world. Cooperation with them must be considered a support for terrorism.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“According to the reports of local citizens of Alchevsk, in the Luhansk region, valuables belonging to the victims of the plane crash were brought by terrorists in a previously stolen ambulance to the city, where they boasted about their trophies - children's bags, suitcases and foreign currency that they managed to collect and steal from the crash site. That demonstrates the lack of humanity of those who call themselves "the People's Republic". The fact that during the last three days the illegal armed groups were impeding the appropriate investigating authorities, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and others from gaining safe, secure and unrestricted access to the crash site and the surrounding area is proof that they are trying to hide evidence from the international community.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Arseniy Yatsenyuk, stated today in an address that Ukraine is ready to transfer the role of coordinator in investigating the crash of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 to the Kingdom ofthe Netherlands, at that country's request. In his remarks, Prime Minister Yatsenyuk said, "as the side that suffered the most, the Netherlands may lead the investigation in close coordination and cooperation with all other parties. All Ukrainian law enforcement bodies and international partners are already involved in conducting an all-encompassing, transparent and full-fledged international investigation of the tragedy". We particularly strongly condemn the morally repulsive acts committed by illegal armed groups controlling the crash site.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“We therefore call on the Russian Federation to use all its influence on the pro-Russian armed groups operating illegally in the Donetsk region in order to stop military activities on their side and ensure secure access to the crash site. We assume that the investigation should be allowed to establish not only the technical cause of the crash but also the other important circumstances, namely, who had actually fired the missile and how the high-precision long-range weapons got into the hands of illegal armed groups. Where did the weapons come from? In accordance with the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, as was mentioned in the statement by the representative of France, Ukraine has a right to head the investigation procedure. It is also our right to share that leadership. The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mr.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“We believe that the resolution will help to facilitate a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines. Having shown our utmost openness, the same day, immediately following the crash, Ukraine invited the International Civil Aviation Organization, INTERPOL and representatives of all countries that lost their nationals in the tragedy, as well as the Russian Federation, to participate in the investigation. Some of them have already arrived in Ukraine and started their work in Kharkiv. President Poroshenko gave the order that all military activities immediately cease in the 40 kilometre zone surrounding the crash site to allow for the security and safety of the international investigation.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“I thank the Council for having convened this meeting. I would like to reiterate our deeepest condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed. Today, all of Ukraine is mourning. Ukraine is approaching the embassies of the Netherlands, Malaysia. Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines and Canada in order to lay flowers and to express its sorrow. We would like to thank the delegation of Australia for having proposed resolution 2166 (2014) on the investigation of the downing of the civilian aircraft on an international flight, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-l7, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, which the delegation of Ukraine co-sponsored.”
2014-07-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7221 (2014) · source
“Ukraine demands that the Russian side immediately cease provocations on the State border of Ukraine, stop hindering the efforts of the Ukrainian side and the international community to put an end to terrorism and other violence in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, return to President Poroshenko's peace plan, withdraw its forces from the Ukrainian border and stop threatening peace and security in our country, the region and the world as a whole.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“Those and similar actions constitute a flagrant violation by Russia of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and other universally recognized principles and norms of international law. Those actions are incompatible with the obligations of the Russian Federation under the Geneva agreement of 17 April and the Berlin declaration of2 June. Despite all the international efforts, supported by the strong Ukrainian will to prevent a further escalation and further strengthened by the President's peace plan, the foreign terrorists and their Russian supporters have no intention of leaving us in peace or laying down their arms. We are still struggling against high-capacity military saboteurs who are willing to destroy Ukraine and to establish havens for chaos and instability.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“Today, colleagues have presented some evidence of the deteriorating situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border. Every day during the month of July, we have observed such violations, including the shooting-down of Ukrainian jets. I would like to take this opportunity to once again draw the attention of members of the Security Council to the fact that Russia continues to redeploy new forces extremely close to the Ukrainian border. As of 14 July, the total number of groups of Russian armed forces in the areas bordering Ukraine has significantly increased. They comprise 33 battalion tactical groups, with a total of at least 40,000 troops directly around Ukraine, including up to 18,000 troops in Transnistria and up to 21,000 troops in the occupied territory ofCrimea.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“Illegal armed groups systematically fire towards the territory of Russia in order to create the false image of Ukrainian military fire. That caused the death of a Russian citizen. The Russian side accused the armed forces of Ukraine of shelling on Russian territory on 28 June, namely, Mine No. 24 of Vasetskaya village in the Krasnosulynsky district of the Rostov region and the Gukovo border checkpoint. The Ukrainian armed forces have never attacked or fired on the territory of Russia. All such provocations are committed by pro-Russian terrorists in order to find grounds for a further escalation. Today's statement by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, about the possibility of carrying out strikes against the territory of Ukraine sounds like a new provocation.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“The situation on the Ukrainian-Russian State border has significantly deteriorated in recent days as a result of systematic violations coming from the Russian side of the border, as well as the provocative actions of armed terrorist groups in the border areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Several times a day, columns of military vehicles and Russian mercenaries attempt to break through the Ukrainian State border from the Russian side. Such attempts are actively facilitated by Russian border protection units. The anti-terrorist forces in Ukraine have been repeatedly shelled from the territory of Russia. Ukraine has documented evidence of all those facts for the appropriate international response. The number of provocations on the Ukrainian- Russian State border has increased substantially.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“Paragraph 2 of article 208 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation states the following. "Participation in armed groups that are not governed by federal law, as well as participation in such armed groups on the territory of a foreign State for any purpose against the interests of the Russian Federation, is punishable by 5 to 10 years' imprisonment". Since no Russian national has been brought to justice for such actions, there is only one conclusion: their participation in illegal armed groups on the territory of Ukraine does not contradict the interests of the Russian Federation.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“They seek volunteers with experience in operating heavy weapons, such as tanks and air defence equipment. Russia has allowed the establishment of recruitment offices in Moscow and Rostov, which are openly recruiting and sending Russian nationals to Ukraine's eastern regions. Yesterday at the press conference, we described all the websites that are calling for recruits. Numerous groups of Russian paramilitary formations, including Russian Cossacks, are actively supporting the terrorists in spreading terror and chaos in the eastern part of Ukraine. Throughout the entire period of such articifically created confrontations, supported by Russia, that country has never publically called on its citizens to refrain from joining the illegal armed groups operating on the territory of Ukraine. That fact speaks for itself.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“A large exhibition of confiscated modern weapons, seized by the Ukrainian military forces from terrorist groups, took place in Kyiv a few days ago. In most cases, the actual military units of the Russian armed forces are specified as the origin of those weapons. The documentation can be accessed on the website of the Ukrainian Mission and from my press conference yesterday, which can be found on the United Nations website. We have raised our concern several times here in the Chamber that Russian nationals are directly participating in destabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine. Some colleagues have today given some information about the Luhansk and Donetsk leaders proclaiming republics. All their military commanders are of Russian origin. Illegal armed groups of fighters are stepping up their recruitment efforts within Russia.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“All that and other evidence and information will be provided to the international investigation. This tragedy would not have been possible if Russia had not supported the terrorists and if a sophisticated anti-aircraft system had not been provided to them from Russia. On many occasions, the Ukrainian Mission to the United Nations has addressed the Security Council and all States Members of the United Nations and has given them information about Russia's support for the terrorists in eastern Ukraine. Only yesterday, we presented new evidence to United Nations-accredited media. The huge supply of weapons of Russian origin being used by terrorists in Donbas, which has been documented by the Ukrainian intelligence agencies, the media and the general public, is no longer a secret to anyone.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“To target and shoot down an aeroplane at an altitude of as high as 10 kilometres would be possible only by using a sophisticated anti-aircraft system, such as the SA-ll Buk missile system, or a similar system. It has been affirmed both by the radio interception of terrorist leaders and by photographs and video- recordings obtained from citizens of cities in the area, that the terrorists have at least two SA-ll Buk missile systems. The question is, where did they get those sophisticated anti-defence systems? I reiterate that radio interceptions, photographs and the confessions of detained terrorists, including two recently detained Russian citizens who were going to join the terrorists as military experts, state that the Buk system came from Russia.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“Intercepted telephone conversations between the terrorist leaders and their coordinator - Russian military intelligence colonel Vasili Geranin - confirm that terrorists are behind this crime. That conversation was recorded, and the Secretariat has promised to convey it to members of the Security Council. Immediately after the crash, the military leader of the terrorists, Igor Girkin Strelkov, who is of Russian origin, boasting on social networks, commented on having shot down what he believed to be a Ukrainian jet, saying the following. "In Torez, Ukraine, an AN-26 has been shot down. It is lying somewhere near the Progress coal mine. We have warned everyone not to fly in our skies".”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“The Ukrainian authorities have already called on international organizations, including the International Civil Aviation Organization, Interpol and others, to undertake a thorough international investigation of the accident. We believe that an impartial investigation will reveal the truth and that all perpetrators will be punished. Yesterday, the Ukrainian leadership announced a basic version of what happened with the flight: it was an act of terror. The position of our Government is based on converging data from different intelligence and open sources, which show that the aircraft was shot down over territory controlled by terrorists. Two Ukrainian jets were shot down near the same location several days before, with terrorist leaders claiming responsibility for those acts.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing. I would like to start by expressing my Government's sorrow and deep condolences to all the Missions whose citizens were killed in the terrible crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17. Ukraine shares the pain of their loss and grieves with their bereaved families and friends. My country extends its profound sympathy to those affected by the accident. Today, all of Ukraine is mourning. Ukrainians are visiting the Embassies of the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines and Canada in order to leave flowers and express their sorrow.”
2014-07-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7219 (2014) · source
“We welcome the intention of the Russian President to cancel of Federation Council decision on the use of armed forces on the territory of Ukraine. However, in areas of the Russian Federation adjacent to the border with Ukraine, a notable increase in the concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Russian Federation's armed forces has been witnessed in recent days. Ukraine calls on all international partners to support our sustained efforts to restore peace and the unconditional implementation by all sides of the 17 April Geneva statement. We have asked the international community to support President Poroshenko's plan for the peaceful settlement of the situation in the eastern part of Ukraine.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“It is in a broad decentralization of power. Decentralization provides for the expansion of the rights of regions on issues of historical memory, cultural traditions and language policy. Those issues will never again divide the country. Local communities in Donbas will have the right to freely use the Russian language along with the State language." The plan has been supported by major world leaders and international organizations - the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Council of Europe and the United Nations. Ukraine is committed to strictly following a path of building peace. In response to the peace-restoring initiative, the gunmen and terrorists launched continued armed attacks, blatantly violating the truce terms.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Diametrically opposed views will not be a barrier to participation in the negotiations. I am ready to talk with those who have erred or who mistakenly took a position in support of separatism, but not, of course, people who were involved in acts of terrorism, murder or torture. Moreover, I guarantee safety for all participants in the negotiations, for anyone who wants to speak the language of argument instead of the language of weapons. "It is important to state that the issue of the territorial integrity of Ukraine is not on the table. We hear and take into account the specific opinions of Donbas citizens, but we cannot and will not transform Ukraine, where there is a large consensus on the issues of unity, territorial structure, language and geopolitical orientation, to satisfy them. "What then is the way out of this situation?”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Last Friday, President Poroshenko presented his plan for the peaceful settlement of the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine, which I assume the Security Council supports. Council members will have noticed that the plan includes three major parts: ceasefire, restoration and dialogue. President Poroshenko has already initiated the implementation of the plan by ordering a unilateral ceasefire in the east of Ukraine. I would now like to quote from the speech with which my President addressed the nation last Sunday and in which he explained the details of the plan. "The immediate implementation of the peace plan will open the path to political dialogue. I invite legally elected representatives of local Government, non-governmental organizations and everyone else tojoin in the dialogue.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“The authorities of liberated cities like Mariupol and others are now able to deliver the message of peace to other cities, whose populations are still influenced by false messages containing anti-Ukrainian propaganda. As a practical step, the President of Ukraine, Mr. Petro Poroshenko, held a large, inclusive meeting-dialogue last week with the true representatives of the eastern region of the country - representatives of local communities and of the business and political elite of Donetsk and Luhansk and legitimately elected mayors. In his inaugural speech on 7 June, President Poroshenko stressed that he was assuming the office in order to preserve the sovereignty, territorial integrity and national unity of Ukraine, ensure sustainable peace and guarantee security for all citizens.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“The State emergency services were assigned to establish a multifunctional coordination centre in order to transport affected persons, as well as to maintain the health-care and social needs of the civilians. The local authorities of other regions of Ukraine ensure the accommodation of people arriving from the area who have suffered terrorist attacks. The National Coordination Centre is assisting in the temporary accommodation of the citizens of Ukraine who are moving from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to other regions of the country. Special attention has been given to the relocation of children who are being sent to and accommodated at summer camps in all regions of the country. The Ukrainian Government is demonstrating its ability to bring peace to people.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“From the very beginning, I would like to stress that there is no humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. The humanitarian problems in some parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are caused only by the activities of pro-Russian illegal armed groups that have managed to seize control of the cities. On the other hand, the Ukrainian Government is doing its utmost to exercise control over the situation, to restore law and order and to provide help for all our citizens. The President of Ukraine ordered the establishment of all necessary conditions for the civilian population willing to leave cities temporarily seized by terrorists through safe corridors.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“The illegal activities of those groups include murder, torture, the seizure of administrative and public buildings, the kidnapping and detention of civilians, including journalists, taking hostages, including observers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and intimidating and terrorizing the local population. The groups are capturing infrastructure management buildings, causing disruption to the operation of some water and electricity supply facilities that have suffered gunfire. Terrorists are deliberately waging a war against civilians, creating barriers to the free movement of people, including disabled persons. Such people are cynically used as live shields. We express our deepest condolences over the deaths of the foreign journalists, Italian and Russian, who became victims of the fighting.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“We thank the human rights monitoring group for the objective approach to the assessment of the events. As of the present moment, several suspects have been arrested. State criminal experts were able to establish the cause of death of the victims. The investigation continues and the official results will be made public as soon as they have been established. In the report, special attention is paid to the situation in the eastern regions of Ukraine. The document notes the growing number of illegal actions committed by highly organized illegal armed groups in violation of national and international laws. It is very important to mention that human rights violations and humanitarian problems occur only in those cities that are temporarily under the control of illegal armed groups, such as Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Snizhne.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Given the ongoing systematic violations of human rights in Crimea, the Ukrainian side hopes that the situation on the peninsula shall continue to receive the attention of the international community. It supports the report's call on the occupying authorities in the Crimea to provide access for independent international experts, primarily the United Nations monitoring mission. The report, inter alia, contains updates on the information regarding the tragic events in Odesa. It is significant that the efforts of the Ukrainian authorities to investigate both the tragic Maidan events and those of 2 May in Odesa have been acknowledged in the report. The assistance that the law enforcement bodies provided to the mission and their observance of the proper respect for the rights of those arrested in Odesa are noted with appreciation.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“Today, we learned that unknown armed men have occupied a madrasa, or Muslim religious school, near Simferopol. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the officially confirmed number of internally displaced persons from Crimea, Ukraine, is more than 12,000, who have been forced to leave the peninsula due to the unbearable living conditions created by the occupying authorities. That is truly alarming. We demand that the Russian Federation, which has temporarily occupied the Crimean peninsula, ensure the protection of the rights of Ukrainian citizens of all nationalities who remain in Crimea, that is, Ukrainians, Russians, Crimean Tatars and others, including their right to freedom and to security and the rights of religious communities.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“We welcome the decision to extend the United Nations human rights monitoring mission mandate for another term. The report notes the continuation of the worrying trends in Crimea, including instances of enforced disappearances, detentions, violence and ill treatment by illegal paramilitary groups, or the so-called Crimean self-defence, often targeting journalists, human rights defenders and political opponents. It also notes impunity for human rights violations. The judicial system remains practically paralysed. Crimean residents face serious difficulties in exercising their civil and political rights. Following threats, many Crimeans have been forced to give up Ukrainian citizenship. There are only two Ukrainian schools in Crimea, one of which has already been compelled to become Russian and its director forced to resign.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“It is of great importance that the Security Council is having a meeting on the current situation in Ukraine. I would like to thank all members of the Security Council for their statements. I am grateful for their support of our President's plan for the peaceful settlement of the situation in eastern Ukraine. We thank Assistant Secretary-General Taye-Brook Zerihoun for his briefing. We welcome the report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, presented by Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Simonovie, who has travelled to Ukraine many times. The report contains conclusions and recommendations that are important to the Government of Ukraine and highly valuable to our country. Ukraine is ready to further develop and deepen cooperation with the United Nations human rights bodies.”
2014-06-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7205 (2014) · source
“More intensive utilization of the expertise of the standing police capacity in addressing these challenges could be considered as an addition to overall efforts in this area.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“In particular, my delegation notes positively the ongoing development of a strategic guidance framework aimed at promoting standardization within the United Nations police and welcomes the preparation of the new vision and multi-year strategy of the Police Division. In line with the subject of today's debate, we would like to stress the need for a more systematic response on the part of United Nations police to the evolving threats to international peace and security represented by transnational organized crime, terrorism and integrated border management. The Police Division has already taken critical steps forward with its West Africa Coast Initiative, which provides basic and specialized training, technical and operational support, but further strengthening of the police components' efforts in this area is crucial.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Whenever feasible, taking relevant decisions well in advance of target dates would give TCCs and police-contributing countries enough breathing space to bring new or extended Security Council mandates in line with their national legislation, thus facilitating the timely deployment of their national units. The growing contribution of and demand for United Nations police assistance in post-conflict environments is clear. The complexity of current and anticipated future missions points to an immediate need for enhanced strategic thinking and wider political support for United Nations police activity.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Turning to the issue of triangular cooperation, a cornerstone of my delegation's position remains the need for closer, more transparent and effective cooperation in peacekeeping between all stakeholders. We can only welcome the fact that United Nations peacekeeping continues to figure prominently on the Security Council's agenda, as both a general and a country-specific issue. We have also taken positive note of some fresh practical elements, but there is still much room for improvement. In particular, we would like to encourage the Council to make the practice and timing of the adoption of peacekeeping mandates, including the renewal of inter-mission support mechanisms, more friendly for troop-contributing-countries (TCCs).”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“The latest example of inter-mission cooperation - aimed at filling critical gaps in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan - has been a good demonstration of the benefits and challenges of such inter-mission deployment, which in general are similar for both police and military components. We believe that both the Secretariat and Member States have drawn appropriate lessons from that example and that appropriate measures have been undertaken for improving future arrangements. At a time when threats in regions of conflict are growing and United Nations mission budgets are being downsized, we believe that inter-mission cooperation, especially in military aviation, can be one of the most effective instruments for fast, appropriate responses by the United Nations to new challenges at the lowest possible cost.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“In that regard, we fully support the ideas of regularly reviewing force requirements through mission capability studies, improving letter-of-assist incentives and continued synergies through inter-mission cooperation. Last year, at the Secretariat's request, we doubled our military aviation unit in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Having recognized the added value of inter-mission cooperation in terms of military advantages, cost-effectiveness and promoting regional approaches to regional issues, Ukraine has been a pioneer of this innovative form of peacekeeping. In particular, my country has been a major contributor for a number of years to this kind of cooperation between the United Nations Mission in Liberia and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“Thank you for convening this very important meeting, Mr. President. Ukraine aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union. I would also like to make a few specific points in my national capacity. I would like to take note of the briefing on military helicopters in support of peacekeeping operations given by the Secretariat in February, which my delegation considered extremely important. We acknowledged the progress we achieved last year, especially in increasing the rate of utilization of combat helicopters to 70 per cent. We are working with the Secretariat on reaching our common goal, which is to close the current gap.”
2014-06-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7196 (2014) · source
“The presence of those Cossacks is therefore subject to a dual interpretation. It would thus be only right for Russia to call on them, too, to leave my country. Such an appeal could also be directed to Russian citizens who, for lack of direction, sign on as mercenaries. It would also be right to warn them against acting on their impulses. With respect to Crimea, we have been in contact with the occupying Power concerning the issue of water. This is an economic problem, but the most pressing issue in Crimea has yet to be resolved. Crimea is Ukrainian territory, and we must resolve the issue of its restoration to Ukraine. That is our principled position. No one is rejecting Crimea. That is an issue we could consider together in negotiations.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Mr. Sergeyev (Ukraine) (spoke in Russian): I have listened to the statement made by the representative of the Russian Federation, and I believe that the easiest way for his side to move forward would be as follows. He has told us what we should do, so I should like to tell him what Russia should do. The Russian Government, the Minister for Foreign Affairs or whoever makes the decisions should appeal to their people, and first and foremost to the Chechen leadership. Instead of conducting manoeuvres during the presidential elections in Donetsk, those hundreds of Chechens should immediately leave Ukraine. That is the first requirement. Secondly, with respect to the hundreds of Cossacks in Ukraine, as I recall the President of the Russian Federation took a decision regarding the presence of the Russian army.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“That is fuelling the flames of separatism, and it has continued for a long time. It is true that the Government did not do anything for 20 years to resolve the difficulties of the region. It is true that it is a depressed region, where there are no jobs. It is true that a State policy should address that. That has been said. However, it is necessary to assist and not seek to destabilize the situation.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“To fight the fascists - those who themselves support Nazism? It is not very clear. It is unclear to us all what may happen if suddenly citizens of another country appear in our country. A group of 200 people gathered in the streets, calling itself a people's republic and saying that they would lead it. That is what happened in Donetsk. A Russian citizen called himself Prime Minister. What does that help? Does it foster dialogue? Clearly not. So today, when our sides have at least exchanged some views and if we see that there may be a solution as a result ofa bilateral dialogue, we need to find a way to speak to those people. Why should Russia not also speak to them? Why does Russia not explain to them what it is doing in their country? It could be called mercenary activities rather than assistance.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Mr. Sergeyev (Ukraine) (spoke in Russian): As the Council knows, the Ukrainians are very patient people. We always find a way to agree. But in order to agree, there must be stability. In order to achieve stability, there cannot be a fuelling of instability. I asked many times what hundreds of armed Chechens were doing in Ukraine. What was their purpose? Had they come to to protect Ukrainian orthodoxy, or Slav ethnicity? I asked why hundreds of Cossacks in Crimea had come to destabilize the situation. That does not help us to resolve the issue but destabilizes the situation. Moreover, they are not hiding that or concealing who they are. I wondered what the Wolves Centurion, which was established in the 1950s and then formed the Cossack corpus of the Nazi Special Service, had come to do.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Peace can be achieved if the Russian side stops pouring professional mercenaries into Ukraine with the aim of destabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine and stops encouraging separatism. We call on the Security Council and the international community to demand categorically that the Russian Federation cease its practice of provoking instability, withdraw all Russian armed forces, paramilitary organizations and groups, and citizens from Ukraine and fulfil their obligations undertaken under the Geneva agreement on Ukraine.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“They fired on a school and a residential area of Sloviansk. We have had no sign of any Russian condemnation of such acts. Instead, Russia has offered its humanitarian assistance to the population of eastern Ukraine, citing alleged appeals from local citizens and organizations. We would like to say to the Russian side that the only thing Russia can do for the people of Ukraine is to stop supporting the illegal military groups. We appreciate the mediation role the Secretary- General has taken on with his recent statement on the peaceful settlement of the situation in the eastern region of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Government stands for a peaceful solution to the current situation.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source
“Moreover, there is every reason to believe that the armed groups' penetration into Ukrainian territory is organized, financed and encouraged from the Russian side. Furthermore, the Russian Federation has failed to condemn Russian citizens' participation in mercenary activities in Ukraine and has done nothing to prevent armed groups' illegal penetration into the eastern part of Ukraine, thus conniving in such actions. We are in fact dealing with blatant aggression against Ukraine from the Russian side in the form of exporting instability into the territory of another country. Our law enforcement officers in the eastern regions of Ukraine are currently dealing with skilled, armed mercenaries who are ready to plunder, intimidate, torture and murder Ukrainian citizens. Today, armed pro-Russian groups began to attack peaceful citizens.”
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“In the wake of the election, we witnessed another brutal violation of Ukrainian territory by armed insurgent groups from the Russian side. Despite warnings passed on by Ukraine through diplomatic channels regarding a concentration on Russia's border with Ukraine of up to 40 trucks containing armed personnel, the Russian side took no steps to prevent their breakthrough into Ukrainian territory. On 27 May, around 4 a.m., a convoy consisting of several trucks and passenger cars made an attempt to cross the State border. After an exchange of fire with Ukrainian border guard servicemen, part of the Russian motorcade managed to break through and proceeded in the direction of the town of Antratsyt. This happened while Russian border guards did absolutely nothing.”
2014-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7185 (2014) · source