Moscow has repeatedly criticized the military assistance that Western countries provide to Ukraine. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Western countries apply double standards in their approach to Ukraine “(max-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), (max-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)” >
Sergei Lavrov
Speaking at the UN Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recalled the words that memoirists attribute to the 32nd US President Franklin Roosevelt about the Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza: “Maybe he is a son of a bitch but it's our son of a bitch! With this phrase, Lavrov described the policy of Western countries towards Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Lavrov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine remotely mine the center of Donetsk and its suburbs with prohibited anti-personnel mines “Petal”, although their use violates conventions.
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“Such atrocities became possible and remain unpunished due to the fact that the United States and its allies, with the connivance of international human rights institutions, have been systematically covering up the crimes of the Kyiv regime for eight years, building their policy towards Zelensky based on the well-known American principle: he, of course, is a bitch son, but he's our son of a bitch, — Lavrov claims.
“The criminal shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant by militants of the Kyiv regime, which create the risk of a nuclear catastrophe, remains unpunished,”— he also stated. According to the minister, this is happening despite the fact that IAEA employees have been constantly present at the station since September 1, and it is not difficult to identify the party responsible for the shelling.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that “Ukraine has finally turned into a totalitarian state of the Nazi persuasion, where the norms of international humanitarian law are violated with impunity.” “It is not surprising that the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the national battalions use terrorist tactics, using civilians as human shields,” — Lavrov says. Against this background, “the position of those states that pump weapons and military equipment into Ukraine and train the personnel of the armed forces of this country is especially cynical.”
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“This is a ministerial meeting, so that all the ministers [foreign affairs] of the countries— members of the UN Security Council will be invited. The Russian minister will be invited by default. Since the meeting is dedicated to Ukraine, the Ukrainian minister will also be invited»,— he said. Theme of the session— maintaining peace and security in Ukraine.
On the eve of the meeting of the Security Council, speaking at the UN General Assembly, US President Joe Biden said that he was in favor of increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members of this body. New permanent members could include representatives from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
“I believe the time has come for the UN to become a more inclusive organization that is more responsive to the needs of today's world. Members of the UN Security Council, including the United States, must at all times uphold and defend the UN Charter and refrain from using the power of veto except in rare, emergency situations to ensure the effectiveness of the Security Council. Biden said.
Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on this proposal, said that Moscow has long been proposing to include other states in the Security Council, and, according to him, there are worthy candidates. Now there are five permanent members of the Security Council: in addition to Russia, these are Britain, the USA, France and China.
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