Speaking to the UN Security Council via video link, the Ukrainian President accused Russia of using energy as an instrument and called it an “international terrorist”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday appealed to the UN Security Council to take action to stop Russian missile attacks on vital energy infrastructure that have plunged many Ukrainian cities back into darkness amid the cold.
He asked the United Nations Security Council to condemn Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which is unlikely to happen given that Russia is a permanent member with veto power.
A “terrorist state” cannot take part in UN Security Council votes, said Ukraine’s president, who invited a UN delegation to Ukraine to assess damage to energy infrastructure caused by Russian attacks.
After accusing Moscow of instrumentalizing energy, the Ukrainian president said that “the UN can change this situation in order not to be a hostage of an international terrorist – Russia.”
Zelensky underlined that because of the Russian missile attacks on the energy infrastructure of his country, not only Ukrainians but also the residents of neighboring countries are suffering. When the mercury drops below zero and tens of millions of people are left without electricity, heating and water, it amounts to a “weapon of mass destruction, an obvious crime against humanity,” Ukraine’s president said.
Protest by Russia’s ambassador to the UN
Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia expressed his protest against the appearance of the Ukrainian president via video link at the Security Council, which he said was against the regulations. At the same time, he rejected “reckless threats and ultimatums” from Ukraine and its allies.
Nebenzia claimed that damage to Ukrainian infrastructure was caused by Ukrainian air defense missiles and called on the West to stop arming Kyiv.
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