UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and senior diplomats said this on Thursday at a special session of the UN Security Council the war in Ukraine caused “unspeakable suffering and devastation”.
“Recent developments are dangerous and disturbing, said Guterres. The once unthinkable idea of a nuclear conflict has become a subject of debate. I am also deeply troubled by the news about plans to organize so-called ‘referendums’ in areas of Ukraine. , which is currently not under the control of the government.
The world is against the referendums prepared by Putin
The Kremlin was undermining international security
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“Any annexation of the territory of one country by another country as a result of the threat or use of force is a violation of the UN Charter and international law,” he said.
German Foreign Minister Analena Berbok has asked for the suspension of the planned referendums and once again called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his war against Ukraine, saying “this is a war that will not win”, without naming him.
He also criticized Russia for “spreading hunger around the world” with its grain policies at a meeting devoted to war.
She and other diplomats criticized the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov who left the meeting immediately after his speechin which he accused the West of direct intervention in the war in Ukraine because the governments had backed Kiev with arms.
We remember it Lavrov described as cynical the position of “the countries that supply arms to Ukraine and train its soldiers” who, according to him, are trying “to drag on the fighting for as long as possible, despite the casualties and destruction, to wear down and weaken Russia”.
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Lavrov on Ukraine: We will achieve our goals, no matter how long it takes
The Russian foreign minister has blamed the West
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The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba on the occasion of his departure he remarked ironically that “today Russian diplomats run almost as badly as Russian soldiers“The Ukrainian diplomat said that Russia is not interested in holding peace talks with Kiev to end the war that began in February and that Moscow” is only looking for a military solution “.
He added it Putin’s decision to partially mobilize the reservists armed forces is an admission of defeat.
The position was expressed and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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