Russia convenes United Nations Security Council on the situation in Ukraine – political information

Tomorrow, February 12, at the initiative of Russia will take place Meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Ukraine

This letter was written by a spokesman for the Permanent Representative on his Facebook page from the Ukraine to the UN Oleg Nikolenko.

"12 February Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine at the request of the Russian Federation The declared cause is the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Minsk Agreement, "he said.

At the same time, Nikolenko urged the government not to rush "to believe that Russia has begun to show humility to the Minsk agreements, in which it has not yet completed its work. "

" The fact is that it is another "smoke curtain" whose purpose is to divert the attention of the UN member states from first comprehensive debate in the General Assembly on the Russian aggression by the UN against Ukraine.The special meeting is scheduled for 20 February – the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the conflict – in the part of the agenda of the General Assembly held last September, "said the spokesman.

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He added that no one believed in the constructive role of the Kremlin in resolving the "conflict it had initiated" within the UN. "

" Therefore, the session of the Council of Europe seems particularly cynical. But who is it already amazing? "- said Nikolenko.

However, he assured that the Ukrainian side would take this opportunity to bring to the attention of the international community the relevant information about the events that occurred in the east of Ukraine.

"Militants are firing on Ukrainian positions, including those prohibited by the Minsk arms agreements. We will also talk about why it is important to keep the pressure on the aggressor until the world comes back to Ukrainian lands, "said the spokesperson.

Nikolenko added that the meeting of the United Nations Security Council would start at 5 pm Kiev time.