Russia and Ukraine clash This Thursday at a session of the UN Security Council convened by the first country to criticize arms supplies from the West, and particularly the United States, to the warring country, claiming to be trying to “survive” on its behalf.
The meeting began with the warning of Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, that “news of the accelerated and expanded supply of arms and ammunition in the face of the Ukrainian Forces counter-attack”. demanded more “control” due to the risk of weapons “diverting”. He also spokeWorrying Reports of Arms Transfer to Russian Forces For use in Ukraine, including unmanned aerial combat vehicles and ammunition”.
He reminded that the High Commissioner for Human Rights has recorded from the beginning of the war until today. approximately 9,100 deaths and 15,800 civilian injuries Ukrainemost as a result of “explosive weapons of large-area-effect”, the most recent example in Kramatorsk on Tuesday.
In this regard, the Russian representative, Vasily Nebenzia, noted that the Western allies have become a kind of “private military company” that provides “exorbitant profits” at the expense of the death of Russian troops in the conflict, and they continue to “blame” themselves. Moscow “From everything that happens in Ukraine.” “The West supplies arms, forms battalions, provides intelligence and allows attacks, but they also say they are not participating in the conflict, they are neutral.”
The Ukrainian ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, who was invited to attend at the end of the session, assured that “Ukraine does not have to defend itself while Russia has enough weapons to attack Ukraine at any time”, so stopping the flow of military aid Russia’s “constant and unrestricted” “Can attack. According to Kiev, Kyslytsya, “The fact that Ukraine took up arms was not the reason why three young girls were killed by Russia in Kramatorsk: it was because Russia still had guns and the will to kill.” “I urge those concerned about the transfer of weapons to war zones not to forget the difference between the aggressor and the survivor.” In Russia it is not “legal”, but “political”.
The US representative, Robert Wood, attacked Russia’s arguments – that was the meeting’s title – that fifty countries’ support for Ukraine was a “threat” to international peace and security, and evaluated that Moscow was trying to “rewrite even the simplest data of it”. “We are determined to ensure that Ukraine can exercise its right of self-defense in this brutal and illegal war with Russia. We are working to ensure that the weapons the allies give you do not deflect. in the wrong hands,” Wood said.
Ukraine was supported by a dozen countries that intervened, including France and the United Kingdom, who called for a resolution to the conflict, while China, sympathetic to Russia, gave a brief and moderate response. “Negotiations and no conflict” demandedand offered to be a “facilitator” for peace.
The disarmament official, on the other hand, warned of “continuing and intensifying attacks on critical infrastructure and services” in Ukraine, including energy, health and education, roads and bridges, adding that mines and remnants of explosives contaminate land. impeding movement.