Russia demands explanations for the use of a UN vehicle by Ukrainian nationalists
2022-03-30 07:55:31 / make radio
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During the United Nations Security Council meeting that took place in the last few hours, the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Organization (UN) Vasili Nebenzia asked the organization for clarifications regarding the use of a vehicle with its diplomatic plates the fighting near the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. According to Nebenzia, witnesses to the events indicate that the vehicle used by Ukrainian nationalists, with UN registration number DP210015, took part in military actions near the city. According to RT, the Russian representative indicated that Moscow was also aware of the use of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe vehicles by Ukrainian “radicals”. At the same time, he denounced the fact that the Ukrainian armed forces also use vehicles from the logistics company DHL to transport weapons. On the other hand, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations stressed that the unilateral sanctions imposed on his country could lead to a global economic crisis. “The real causes that threaten the international food market with severe turmoil do not lie in the actions of Russia, but in the hysteria of the non-stop sanctions that the West has waged against Russia without regard for the population of the countries of the so-called global South, “The attempt to isolate Russia economically, financially and logistically from the channels of cooperation that have been established for years is already leading to a crisis of historic proportions,” emphasized Nebenzia. Russia announced that military operations in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv in northern Ukraine while negotiations with the Ukrainian government in Turkey progressed, the Russian Defense Ministry’s statement came after envoys of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested at a meeting yesterday that their country could be sold in exchange for international security sguaranties assumes neutral status – one of Russia’s most important demands. The neutral status means that Kyiv refrains from any attempt to join military alliances such as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) or to have foreign military bases on its territory.
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