Russian war against Ukraine: UN Security Council calls emergency meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this morning that he had given approval to a “special military operation” in the Donbas region of Ukraine following the request of rebel leaders of two territories Luhansk and Donetsk

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Russian war against Ukraine: UN Security Council calls emergency meeting

Washington: After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a full-scale military operation against Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council meet for its second emergency meeting to discuss the Russian war against Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had given approval to a “special military operation” in the Donbas region of Ukraine, where Moscow earlier recognised rebel-held territories in Luhansk and Donetsk and said they had asked for its “help”. Clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces were only a matter of time, he added.

Ukraine has requested the UN to intervene and asked to prevail Russia to stop its aggression. Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted that “Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now.” Ukraine Interior Ministry said that cruise missiles had been used.

Russia’s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, who is the current president of the Security Council, admitted that “special operations” were underway, insisting to the other ambassadors that the action did not amount to war and was the result of Ukraine’s actions.

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“The aim of the operation is to protect the people who for eight years have been suffering “genocide” of the Ukrainian regime,” he said, claiming the action was justified under Article 51 of the UN Charter (the article allows for individual or collective self-defence in the face of an armed attack on a UN member state).

Putin demanded Ukrainian forces lay down their arms and repeated his position that any Ukrainian membership of NATO was unacceptable to Moscow.

The US said it was calling for an urgent resolution and was backed by the UK, France and Ireland who noted Russia’s utter “disdain” for the United Nations by its military assault.

The Russian action came almost at the same time as Linda Thomas-Green, the United States ambassador to the UN, told the council that the US was concerned a “full-scale” invasion of Ukraine by Russia was imminent.