US Secretary of State Antony Blinken known as on all UN Security Council contributors to “ship a transparent message” to Russia that it must stop its nuclear threats in the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this week that the country will “certainly use all means available to us” if its territory is threatened and to defend the country and its people.
Blinken used a council session Thursday to criticise Russia’s invasion and press other countries to join in their forceful condemnations of Russian aggression in Ukraine.
“Every council member will have to ship a transparent message that those reckless nuclear threats should forestall straight away,” he said.
A day after President Joe Biden assailed Russian leader Vladimir Putin for what he called egregious violations of the UN Charter and international law, the US made the case in New York that only one man bring peace in Ukraine. That is Vladimir Putin.
Blinken listed several allegations of war crimes and other atrocities and called on countries that have yet to speak out forcefully against them as an affront to international order.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wryly told reporters beforehand that he planned to keep a “safe social distance” from his counterpart Sergey Lavrov. He also condemned Russia’s actions happening in his own country.
“There will likely be no peace with out Justice. I’m emphasising that not one of the Russian crimes in Ukraine would were imaginable with out the crime of aggression towards Ukraine dedicated by means of the Russian management. It can’t pass unpunished and the one possible technique to put President Putin and his entourage on trial is to determine a distinct Tribunal for the crime of aggression towards Ukraine.”
Sergei Lavrov answered to the mounting complaint – difficult that motion should be taken towards allegations of crimes perpetrated by means of Kyiv since 2014. Lavrov later dramatically stormed out of the meeting.
