Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russia at the UN General Assembly on Friday of ignoring the will of the world as its war against Kyiv enters a third year.
The meeting was held as Ukraine prepares to mark the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion while vital US aid to Ukraine remains blocked by the US Congress and Russia is emboldened by fresh gains in recent weeks.
"Russia ignores the will of the global majority. It continues its aggression, and throws more and more men into the flames of war," Kuleba said.
"We can also see that in these two years, global security has only deteriorated. More and more wars and conflicts are flaring up across the globe. One of the reasons for this is the bleeding wound in the heart of Europe."
Ukraine relies on Western military backing to defend itself against Russian attacks, which have accelerated as Moscow seeks to take advantage of Kyiv's stretched resources on the battlefield.
Western leaders are descending on the country this weekend in a show of support for Kyiv as the war grinds on and two years of fighting a bigger and richer army takes a toll on Ukraine's stretched forces.
"I am grateful to all UN member states, who have consistently supported important general assembly calls condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine and urging Moscow to cease hostilities," Kuleba said at the UN.
"This assembly has demonstrated on numerous occasions that the global majority stands on the side of Ukraine."
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Kyiv warned Friday that Russia is intensifying attacks around the new "hot spot" of Maryinka, a town to the west of the Moscow-controlled stronghold of Donetsk city.
The Russian army said this week it had also captured the eastern village of Pobeda and that its troops were "moving westwards" after capturing Avdiivka.
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Nebenzya also spoke at the UNGA last night. As usual he piled lie upon lie, and then there was the moment that he spoke of Tucker Carlson.
Nebenzya explained to the world that if the great Tucker Carlson had personally traveled to Moscow and had come to the conclusion that Putin was cool and right, clearly the west was at fault for failing to recognize this truth.
Honestly, I nearly fell of my seat of laughter
2 March 2022: United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑11/1 . "It deplored Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanded a full withdrawal of Russian forces and a reversal of its decision to recognise the self-declared People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. The tenth paragraph of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 2 March 2022 also confirmed the involvement of Belarus in unlawful use of force against Ukraine.[1]". The resolution had 141 voting in favour and only 5 against.
This war is essentially russia against the law abiding world. Oppressive, backwards, law defying, nihilist country russia.
Wikipedia indicates 75 countries are providing Ukraine with aid including surprisingly China (a bit of humanitarian aid).