The U.Ok. on Tuesday seemed to show Moscow’s declare of “Russophobia” on its head when it accused the Kremlin of being the best risk to Russian tradition and society attributable to its continued battle in Ukraine.
In a U.N. Safety Council assembly referred to as by Russia to deal with what it claims is “Russophobia” coming from Western nations that oppose its battle in Ukraine, U.Ok. Minister Counselor Fergus Eckersley, mentioned, “We don’t endure from Russophobia.”
The U.N. Safety Council holds a gathering on the Center East in November 2019 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photograph/Mary Altaffer)
“Russophobia is without doubt one of the ever-growing record of excuses the Russian authorities has provide you with to justify its battle in Ukraine,” he mentioned, giving a part of his deal with in Russian to make sure Russians listening may absolutely perceive him.
“The Russian authorities might consider that this propaganda will assist to justify at dwelling the lives of the tens of hundreds of Russian troopers who’ve been sacrificed.
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“Colleagues, Russia is just not below assault. There is just one aggressor right here.”
Members of the council have repeatedly referred to as on Moscow to withdraw its forces from all of Ukraine, together with the areas its has claimed to have annexed.
In a separate present of opposition to Russia’s claims of oppression by Western nations, the U.Ok. invited Yale College Professor of Historical past Timothy Snyder to temporary the council.
A pedestrian walks previous the “Youngsters of Donbass” open-air picture exhibition exterior the Estonian Consulate in Moscow Jan. 23, 2023. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP through Getty Photos)
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“Hurt to Russian tradition is primarily a matter of Russian coverage,” Snyder mentioned. “The Russian battle of aggression in Ukraine has killed extra audio system of Russian than some other motion by far.
“There isn’t any comparability,” he added. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to the mass killing of Russian residents. Some 200,000 are lifeless or maimed.”
Russian officers have repeatedly claimed that Western nations are aiding Ukraine out of condemnation for Russia and its individuals, relatively than as a response to its invasion of its southwest neighbor over a yr in the past.
Vassily Nebenzia, a everlasting consultant of the Russian Federation of the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Safety Council assembly on the upkeep of peace and safety of Ukraine at U.N. headquarters in New York Metropolis Feb. 24, 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP through Getty Photos)
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Moscow’s U.N. consultant, Vassily Nebenzia, as soon as once more pushed this narrative Tuesday in response to feedback from the U.Ok. and it is visitor speaker.
Nebenzia additionally repeated the false claims that Kyiv is headed by “Nazis” and prompt that Russia was not seeking to reunite Ukraine with Russia regardless of having already annexed 5 of its areas, however relatively to oust its management.