Europe’s leaders are predictably expressing support for Ukraine. Moral. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Russia to stop immediately. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, tweeted that he condemned Russia’s “unjustified” attack.
In the statements of Western politicians again there is not a word about the fate of the inhabitants Donbass. Thus, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called what is happening “a serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security” and convened an emergency meeting of the leadership of the Alliance. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a conversation with President Zelensky, expressed the hope that Kiev would put up military resistance. And US President Joe Biden promised to introduce another “tough” anti-Russian sanctions.
The special operation of the Russian Armed Forces began late in the evening, US East Coast time. At that time, the UN Security Council met urgently in New York.
“I want to say one thing from the bottom of my heart: President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine. Give peace a chance. Too many people have already died,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said.
Moscow’s position was repeated to the world by Vasily Nebenzya. He repeated what Russia had been talking about for 8 years, but no one heard her and did not really want to listen. “Russian President Putin said that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in the Donbass. Today we do not know all the details, but in short I would like to inform you that from his statement it follows that the occupation of Ukraine is not included in our plans. The purpose of this operation – to protect the people who have been fighting for 8 years, who are being genocide by the Kiev regime, and for this we will strive to demilitarize and degenocide Ukraine, as well as bring to justice those who committed so many crimes against the civilian population, including citizens of the Russian Federation “, – stressed the Russian envoy.
Ukraine insisted on the meeting of the Security Council. Ukrainian Permanent Representative Serhiy Kislitsa also insisted on immediate calls to Moscow: “Call Putin, call Lavrov to stop the aggression. And I welcome the decision of some members of this Council to meet as soon as possible to consider the necessary decision that will condemn the aggression that you unleash against my people. There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, Ambassador.”
“I wanted to say that we are carrying out aggression not against the Ukrainian people, but against the junta, which is located in Kiev. There are no more speakers on the list. The meeting is closed,” Nebenzya said.
At this time, the President of Ukraine called the White House. Biden was quoted as saying on Twitter: “President Zelensky contacted me tonight and we just ended our conversation. I have condemned this unprovoked and unjustified attack by the Russian military. I have briefed him on the steps we are taking to secure international condemnation. He asked me to call on world leaders to speak out clearly against President Putin’s blatant aggression and stand with the people of Ukraine.”
On the eve of the official representative of the White House said that there are no scenarios in which the United States would send its troops to protect Ukraine. Biden, in a nightly conversation with Zelensky, promised to continue the supply of weapons.