The meeting of the United Nations Security Council took place during the night. Kiev calls for immediate withdrawal: Russia returns to the negotiating table
The crisis in Ukraine precipitates dramatically. In a surprise move, yesterday Russian President Vladimir Putin first announced the recognition of the independence of the self-proclaimed breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, and then ordered the sending of troops to the Donbass region for the purpose, it is the Kremlin’s version. , to “ensure peace”. “We are not afraid of Russia”, the reply of the Ukrainian president, Volodimyr Zelensky, who in a speech to the nation reiterated that the Ukrainians will not give up “a single piece” of the country. Meanwhile, the US has moved its diplomats to Poland for the night for security reasons.
Kiev asks Moscow to renounce the recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of the Donbass. “We ask Russia to cancel the decision on the recognition and return to the negotiating table,” said the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya, during the emergency meeting of the UN executive. “We condemn the order to deploy additional troops in the territories of Ukraine. We call for an immediate, complete and verifiable withdrawal of the occupation troops. We are committed to the diplomatic path but we are on our land, we are not afraid of anything or anyone. We will not give anything away to anyone ».
Meanwhile, Russia says it is open to diplomacy “but will not allow a new bloodbath in the Donbass”. This was stated by the Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia to the UN, speaking to the United Nations Security Council. Nebezia urged the United States and other Western nations not to “make the situation worse”. United Nations Undersecretary General Rosemary DiCarlo opened the meeting of the United Nations Security Council by warning that “the risk of a major conflict is real and must be prevented at all costs”.
New sanctions on Russia in the next few hours have been announced by the US. The White House has issued an executive order to ban US investment and trade in breakaway regions. According to a senior administration official told reporters in exchange for anonymity, these are measures independent of what Washington has prepared in the event of a Russian invasion.
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