Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, interrupted a minute’s silence for Ukraine as diplomats from the two countries faced off on the anniversary of their war at a session of the Security Council.
Vassily Nebenzia, permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the UN Security Council
Earlier, he accused Malta, which holds the council’s rotating presidency, of giving Ukraine preference in choosing it to speak first just because it is ‘part of your geopolitical project’. He also objected to foreign ministers of 14 European countries on the speakers list along with the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, saying they all have the same EU position ‘and will bring no added value’ to the debate.
Malta’s Foreign Minister Ian Borg responded that the European ministers flew to New York and asked to speak because ‘they feel that their countries have been and are still being directly impacted by this war’. Kuleba told the council that ‘Ukraine will resist as it has done so far, and Ukraine will win’. And he declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘is going to lose much sooner than he thinks’.
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