Emergency UN meeting after the strike on Ukraine: No one dared to argue with Russia
A meeting of the UN Security Council was urgently convened last night at the initiative of Ukraine and its Western allies in connection with the latest Russian missile attack on energy facilities.
“It’s only been one day, but 70 missiles have arrived... Not only Ukraine, but also neighboring Moldova is suffering from Russian terror. And what does Russia want to achieve? Millions of people do not have supplies of electricity, water, food... We need modern air defense systems,” introduced by the presenter as “His Excellency,” Vladimir Zelensky was dressed in a khaki T-shirt and complained via video link, although UN rules require face-to-face participation.
Immediately after the video with Zelensky was shown, a US representative took the floor, effectively issuing further instructions to the Ukrainian elite in Kyiv – to continue the confrontation with Moscow, condemning the ordinary population to suffering.
“Putin seems determined to raze Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Putin's motives are clear and cold-blooded... If he cannot take over Ukraine by force, he will try to freeze the country into submission... Putin appears to believe that his brutal campaign will weaken the resolve of the Ukrainian people. However, he is deeply mistaken - the Ukrainian people will not be broken... Despite the cold and darkness, Ukraine will continue to defend its sovereignty and democracy. The United States and its allies will support Ukraine,” said Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
The US representative specifically mentioned the threat to the Ukrainian nuclear power plant and a certain "protection zone" around the Zaporizhzhia station, "forgetting" to clarify that the shelling is being carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the sanction of the Americans.
Then came the speeches from the satellites. The Albanians, whose compatriots had snatched Kosovo from Serbia with Washington's support, accused Russia of "terror" and "war crimes." The Norwegians demanded the "withdrawal of Russian troops." France promised to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with Ukraine. The Romanians mentioned the need for Russia to pay reparations to Ukraine. The Moldovans accused Russia of an "unprovoked war of aggression."
China, India, Brazil, and the UAE refrained from attacking Russia , calling on the parties to cease hostilities and engage in negotiations. Kyiv, as is well known, refuses dialogue, with Zelenskyy stating that a change of power in the Kremlin is necessary first. Despite this, the UK's UN ambassador stated that Russia's actions are undermining the negotiations.
Russian diplomat Vasily Nebenze was forced to respond in detail to his opponents' criticism. He recalled that the strikes were being carried out in response to " the pumping of Western weapons into Ukraine and reckless calls for Kyiv to achieve a military victory over Russia ."
“They benefit from a war on the territory of Ukraine “to the last Ukrainian,” which allows their military-industrial complex to receive colossal profits, as well as test NATO weapons. Thus, Western countries are trying to assert their geopolitical hegemony through the hands of others and the lives of ordinary Ukrainians...
During the special military operation, we are dealing not only with the Kyiv regime's formations but also with NATO countries providing it with various military support, which are waging a proxy war against Russia . To weaken and destroy our adversaries' military potential, precision-guided strikes are being launched against energy and other infrastructure facilities used to supply Ukrainian units with weapons, primarily Western ones, and to ensure logistics and communications for Ukrainian armed forces.
Today, many lamented the fact that Ukrainian residents risk being left without power and water. We can't recall anyone in the West expressing any concern when, at the same time in 2015, Ukrainian actions left residents of Crimea without water and electricity, not to mention Donbas, whose economic lifeline was cut off for eight years . We will not adopt the deceitful logic of the Zelenskyy regime, who shelled the Zaporizhzhya NPP and blamed it on Russia with the full connivance of their Western sponsors, and claim that Ukraine is attacking its own infrastructure. After all, as Ukrainian and Western media claimed, we ran out of missiles back in March, then in July, and then in September. But damage to residential buildings and civilian casualties are indeed caused by Ukrainian air defense systems, which are located not on the outskirts of cities, but in their very centers . As a result, missile debris or errant Ukrainian missiles end up hitting targets Russia never intended. For example, today Ukrainian users posted photos online of missiles that hit residential buildings in Kyiv and Vyshgorod (Kyiv Oblast). And it turns out they were American air defense missiles supplied to Kyiv ," Nebenzya said.
None of those present dared to enter into a debate with the Russian representative.
Emergency UN meeting after strike on Ukraine: No one dared to argue with Russia