Ukraine on Monday requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to address the threat of a Russian invasion, citing security assurances it received in return for giving up its nuclear arsenal in 1994.
“On President (Volodymyr) Zelensky’s initiative I officially requested UNSC member states to immediately hold consultations under article 6 of the Budapest memorandum,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted, citing the landmark 1994 deal, also signed by Russia, the United States and Britain.
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Ukraine seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting over Russia threat
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a press conference after a Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 21, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
