![]() ![]() The ISW noted that it had "routinely documented how Russian forces and occupation administrations have been engaging in large-scale and deliberate ethnic cleansing campaigns". He also blamed Ukrainian forces for conducting strikes on Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine and attempted to "downplay the various war crimes" that Russian forces were conducting in Ukraine, claiming that Ukrainians and Russians "live in peace and harmony" in the occupied regions. The meeting saw the Russian minister claim that if Ukraine were to stop fighting, "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainians would be saved. He also claimed Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace formula was a "path to nowhere". In its latest update, US-based thinktank the Institute for the Study of War said Russia was continuing to "weaponise its position on the UNSC to "propagate several long-standing Russian information operations".Īt the 22 January UNSC meeting, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov blamed the West for the lack of negotiations, claiming that Russia had always been "ready for negotiations".Įxpanding on this, he said that Russia was only interested in negotiations that resulted in the removal of the current Ukrainian government and also denied Ukraine's independence and sovereignty. The Russian foreign minister's request for the latest United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting is likely an "attempt to legitimise Kremlin narratives" and "promote them on a global stage", according to analysts. ![]()
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