Britain calls on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Crimea

The United Kingdom calls on the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw troops from Crimea occupied by it.

at night will consider a resolution on the militarization of Russia by the Crimea, the Black Sea and the sea of ​​Azov

This is stated in a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of "Twitter". "The United Kingdom welcomes the new resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on the militarization of Crimea. We urge Russia to withdraw its military forces from Crimea and immediately cease its illegal annexation of the territory of Ukraine. Crimea, it is the Ukraine. "

UNIAN announced that the United Nations General Assembly would consider the draft resolution entitled" The problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (Ukraine) today, 17 December at 10 pm Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, said that the main purpose of this resolution would be "to persistently encourage the Russian Federation to withdraw its military forces from Crimea , in order to put an end to the illegal occupation of Ukraine.

At the same time, the resolution will ask Russia to "stop pursuing merchant ships, as well as restrict international shipping in the Black Sea and the sea of ​​Azov. "

President Poroshenko said that 41 countries had agreed to sponsor it.

In December of this year, the 39 General Assembly of the United Nations should consider and approve two separate resolutions on violations of human rights in Crimea and the militarization of the Black Sea and the Azov Sea