The West itself is pushing Russia and Ukraine to war with its provocative rhetoric, says the Russian representative on the Security Council. There is no evidence of the reality of the preparation of the Russian invasion, he emphasizes
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The West is ready to sacrifice Ukraine to its geopolitical interests, Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, said. Broadcast of an emergency meeting of the Security Council available on YouTube.
Nebenzya accused the West of provocative actions and incitement to war, contrary to the position of Russia. “Our Western colleagues talk about the need for de-escalation, but above all, they themselves escalate tension with rhetoric and provoke an escalation. Talk of a coming war is provocative in itself. You seem to be calling for this, wanting and waiting for it to happen. As if you want to make your speculations a reality,” the diplomat said.
According to Moscow’s version, which was voiced by Nebenzia, the goal of the West in these actions is the final destruction of fraternal coexistence between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples and an attempt to weaken Russia in this way. “If it weren’t for our Western colleagues who provoked and supported the bloody anti-constitutional coup in 2014, which brought nationalists, radicals, Russophobes and just Nazis to power in Kiev, we would still live in the spirit of good neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation,” he says. Nebenzya.
He addressed the US and NATO representatives who were present in the hall: “I want to ask a question not only to our US colleagues, but also to those who mentioned this, where did the figure of 100,000 military personnel come from, which, as you say, are located on the Russian -Ukrainian border? Nebenzya denied these data, saying that all the troops are in their places of deployment, and not on the Ukrainian border.
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