On Monday, members of the UN Security Council at the meeting discussed the possible invasion of Russia to Ukraine. All members of the Security Council expressed themselves, however, the BBC Russian Service writes, a significant part of the meeting was given a dispute between the postphereders of the United States and Russia.
Before the start of the voting, the postprared of Russia in the UN Vasily Nisilly called members of the Security Council “Show principled and not to use the Council of Security Council to implement the propaganda attitudes of our Western colleagues.” US statements about the movement of troops in the Russian territory is not least called “unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of our state.”
However, as a result, the Soviests during the procedural vote made the meeting initiated by the United States.
US postprared in the UN Linda Tomas Greenfield said that if Russia “will continue the offensive to Ukraine, then none of us can say that we did not foresee, and the consequences will be terrible.” “Our offers have always been clear and consistent: we see the path of the world, we see the path of dialogue, we do not want to confrontation, but we will act strongly, quickly and unanimously, if Russia invads Ukraine,” she said.
Deputy Posnoy-Britain under the United Nations supported the position of the United States, stressed that any Russian invasion or act of aggression against Ukraine will be a serious violation of international law and Russian obligations.
At the same time, the representative of China called on the members of the Security Council to listen to the “informed concerns of Russia in the field of security,” and also admitted that he did not understand, “on what grounds fear of the possibility of war”.
After listening to the speeches of the members of the Security Council, Vasily Nisilica asked the American side to provide “at least some evidence, except for fabrications, that Russia is going to attack Ukraine.” “Where did the figure in 100 thousand military personnel, located, as you say, in the Russian-Ukrainian border, although it is not so? We have not called this figure,” the Russian postprared asked.
Linda Thomas Greenfield said that he was disappointed by the performance of Nebvesti: “We have no plans to weaken Russia, according to the Russian colleague. On the contrary, we welcome Russia as a responsible member of the international community, but its actions on the border with Ukraine are irresponsible.”
In response, he said: “We still do not understand what threats and escalations are talking about and what we are charged.”
Western countries express concerns that Russia intends to invade the Ukrainian territory. The Russian authorities reject these accusations, but at the same time they put forward a requirement to legally consolidate NATO refusal from further expansion to the East and from the adoption of Ukraine into their ranks, resembles BBC.