Ukraine calls Russia a “terrorist state” in New York

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the essentials in short

• The UN General Assembly is currently working on the Russian annexations.
• Ukraine has branded Putin’s country a “terrorist state” in New York.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Serhiy Kyslytsia said in New York on Monday that the whole world has “once again seen the true face of a terrorist state that is killing our people”. According to the Ukrainian diplomat, 14 civilians died in the Russian attack on Monday and 97 others were injured. “Deliberately targeting civilians by firing rockets is a war crime,” he said.

In the series of large-scale Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, the capital Kiev was also bombed on Monday for the first time since June. Moscow cited as the reason the explosion of a truck bomb over the weekend on the strategically important Crimean Bridge, which the Russian government believes was placed by the Ukrainian secret services. In the event of further “terrorist attacks”, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened an even tougher response.

In the session of the UN General Assembly, a draft resolution will be discussed which condemns the annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhia and the “referendums” for union with Russia that took place there. The vote on the resolution could take place on Wednesday.

At the end of September, Russia vetoed a resolution condemning the annexations to the UN Security Council. In the UN General Assembly, in which all 193 UN member states are represented, Russia has no right of veto. The annexation of the four Ukrainian regions was harshly criticized and not recognized by the West.