Conflict in the Security Council over the humanitarian situation in Ukraine
According to IRNA, representatives of Ukraine, the United States, Britain and Russia accused Russia of targeting civilian facilities in various parts of Ukraine, but the Russian representative called these accusations “propaganda” by these countries and denied them.
US envoy: Russia to end this madness
Linda Thomas Greenfield, the US envoy to the United Nations, said the only way to end the war was to stop the invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin and withdraw his troops from Ukraine.
“There is only one way to end this madness,” Greenfield said. Putin must stop the killing and withdraw his forces from Ukraine forever.
UN: More than 700 civilians have been killed in Ukraine so far
More than 700 civilians, including 52 children, have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian-led invasion, but “the actual death toll is likely to be much higher,” UN Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo told a Security Council meeting.
Britain: The Ukraine war has caused suffering beyond that
Barbara Woodward, the British ambassador to the United Nations, called on Russia to end the war in a statement to the Security Council, saying the conflict had caused suffering not only in Ukraine but around the world.
Woodward added that Putin’s war has caused suffering beyond Ukraine’s borders.
Moscow called the reports of attacks on civilian facilities propaganda
Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, called reports of attacks on civilian facilities in Ukraine “propaganda” and denied them.
Nebenzia described allegations that Russian forces attacked hospitals and residential areas, including recent allegations of bombing a theater building in Mariupol, where civilians were taking refuge.
Nebenzia told the Security Council that the propaganda campaign against lies and misinformation in Ukraine had reached a new point.
Ukrainian envoy: Does Russia’s envoy see women and children killed in Ukraine?
Ukrainian Ambassador to the UN Sergei Kislytsia addressed the Russian ambassador directly at the UN Security Council meeting and asked Nebenzia about the women, children and the elderly killed in Ukraine.
Addressing the Russian ambassador, he said: “Do you see Ukrainian children, women and the elderly who have been killed by the Russians?”
“When asked about the eyes of the killed children, I also want to ask the Ukrainian ambassador if he regrets the killing of children in Donetsk by Ukrainian forces,” Nebenzia told him.
According to IRNA, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, February 21, 2022 (March 2, 1400) criticized the West for not paying attention to Moscow’s security concerns and announced that his country recognizes the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and signs cooperation agreements with the Kremlin. Signed by the leaders of these republics.
In a speech on Russian national television on the morning of Thursday, February 24, Putin announced military action in Donbas and called on Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons and go home.
As the war in Ukraine continues, global reactions to the event continue, and diplomatic pressure and international threats and sanctions against Russia are increasing.