Ukraine's foreign minister on Friday told sceptics who believe Ukraine can't win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong: 바카라Ukraine will win the war.바카라
Dmytro Kuleba, speaking at the United Nations on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia's invasion, urged the world's nations to stand behind Ukraine.
Ukraine's foreign minister on Friday told sceptics who believe Ukraine can't win the war with Russia that they will be proven wrong: 바카라Ukraine will win the war.바카라
Dmytro Kuleba, speaking at the United Nations on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia's invasion, urged the world's nations to stand behind Ukraine. If they do, he said, victory will come 바카라sooner rather than later바카라. Russia's UN Ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, countered by repeating Moscow's claim that it didn't start the conflict. He blamed the West for fomenting it, accused Ukraine of being a tool of Western geopolitical ambitions, and vowed that Russia's 바카라special military operation바카라 won't end until its goals are achieved.
Those goals 바카라 stated on February 24, 2022, the day Russian troops crossed the border 바카라 include the de-militarization of Ukraine and ensuring its 바카라neutral status바카라. The UN General Assembly and the Security Council are marking the anniversary with ministerial meetings as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pleads for more US military aid and Russian forces make new gains in eastern Ukraine.
The General Assembly has become the most important UN body dealing with Ukraine because the Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security, is paralysed by Russia's veto power. Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, unlike Security Council resolutions, but they serve as a barometer of world opinion.
Addressing the 193-member assembly, Kuleba recalled that over 140 nations supported resolutions backing Ukraine and calling for Russian forces to withdraw. But, he said, 바카라Moscow's aim is to destroy Ukraine and they're quite outspoken about it.바카라 He said countries now saying Ukraine should negotiate with Russia and end the war are either 바카라ill-informed바카라 or didn't follow events after 2014, when Russia seized Crimea and backed an armed rebellion in eastern Ukraine. The two countries, he said, held approximately 200 rounds of negotiations and made 20 cease-fire agreements.
바카라All of these peace efforts ended two years ago, when Russia tore apart the Minsk process and launched its full-scale invasion,바카라 Kuleba said. 바카라Why would anyone suggest today that following the same logic will bring us to a different result?바카라
Zelenskyy's 10-point peace plan is 바카라the only serious peace proposal on the table바카라, Kuleba said, calling on other countries to add their diplomatic weight to it. The plan calls for expelling Russian forces, establishing a special tribunal to prosecute alleged Russian war crimes and building a European-Atlantic security architecture with guarantees for Ukraine.
When Russia invaded, diplomats and experts didn't believe Ukraine would survive. Speaking to reporters, Kuleba said he wanted to make one point clear. 바카라Today, the same people do not believe that Ukraine can win this war,바카라 he said. 바카라They turned wrong once, and they will turn wrong again. Ukraine survived the invasion. Ukraine will win the war. And if we act collectively and jointly this will happen 바카라 sooner rather than later.바카라
Nebenzia slammed Zelenskyy's plan. 바카라It is nothing other than an ultimatum to Russia and an attempt to lure as many countries as possible into endless meetings on this utopian project at any price possible,바카라 he said. At the General Assembly, where representatives of 64 countries are scheduled to speak, there was strong support for Ukraine.
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron said he recognized that there is a sense of fatigue with the war and a compromise might seem attractive, but he said Russian President Vladimir Putin isn't seeking compromise. 바카라Rather, this is a neo-imperialist bully who believes might is right,바카라 he said. 바카라If Putin were to eke out some kind of win, the rest of the world would suffer, too. What starts in Ukraine would not end there.바카라
Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the assembly, 바카라Only our resolve can deter the neo-imperial delusions that may arise in any part of the world.바카라 바카라We need to stay the course until Mr. Putin understands that the days of European imperialism are gone for good,바카라 he said.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said at Ukraine's request his government will organize a high-level peace conference by the summer. He invited all nations to attend and work 바카라to find common ground for peace바카라 based on the UN Charter, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Neither the assembly nor the council took any action to mark the anniversary. But before the council meeting, Kuleba read a statement from more than 50 countries, while surrounded by their ministers and ambassadors, condemning Russia's aggression, its 바카라flagrant violation of international law,바카라 and its attacks on civilians and the infrastructure they need to survive, 바카라which may constitute war crimes.바카라
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed the council, saying Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine violated the UN Charter and international law and, two years later, 바카라the war in Ukraine remains an open wound at the heart of Europe바카라.
He called the invasion 바카라a dangerous precedent바카라, stressing that newly independent countries in Africa didn't change borders established by colonial powers 바카라with the stroke of a pen바카라 because they knew it would open 바카라a Pandora's box바카라. The UN chief said the path to peace is respect for the UN Charter's underlying principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, warning that the war is deepening geopolitical divides.
바카라The danger of the conflict escalating and expanding is very real,바카라 he said. China's UN Ambassador Zhang Jun, whose country is a Russian ally, said Beijing respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and all other countries, and urged stepped-up peace efforts.
He also stressed that 바카라the legitimate security concerns of all countries바카라 must be respected, and criticised NATO's eastward expansion 바카라 which Moscow has strongly opposed. Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told the Security Council, "Putin is making clear every day, every hour 바카라 that he does not want to negotiate peace. He wants to complete his conquest."
And US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that through all of Russia's 바카라lies, Putin has tried to rewrite history, to justify the unjustifiable, to break the will of the Ukrainian people, and to break the will of the international community바카라. 바카라We cannot let that happen,바카라 she said.