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Russia and the US disagree on responsibility for Poland’s missile strike
On Wednesday, the US and its Western allies clashed at the UNSC over the responsibility for a deadly strike in Poland. This event was described by the UN political chief as “a frightening reminder of how urgent it is to stop any further escalation of the nine-month-old war in Ukraine.”
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to Ukraine, told the council that Russia’s needless invasion and recent missile attacks against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure caused this tragedy. Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s UN Ambassador, countered by accusing Ukraine of trying to provoke “a direct clash between NATO and Russia.”
US and Albania had requested a meeting to update the council on Ukraine’s situation last week. However, the meeting was overshadowed by Tuesday’s missile attack in Poland that claimed the lives of two farmers.
Nebenzia referred to statements made by the president of Ukraine and Polish officials that initially suggested Russia was responsible. The NATO chief and Poland’s President said Wednesday that there was no evidence of a deliberate attack and it was likely that the projectile was a Soviet-era projectile launched from Ukraine by its defense against Russian missiles and drones.
UN Undersecretary-General for political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo told the council that it was Russia’s “most intense bombardments” since its 24 invasion invasion of Ukraine, and the impact “can only worsen during the coming winter months.”
She reiterated that international law prohibits attacks on civilians, and noted that “heavy fighting” is continuing in eastern Donetsk, Luhansk, and warned council members that there are “real dangers of catastrophic spillover.”
The US diplomat Thomas-Greenfield called the barrage with more than 90 missiles that fell on Kyiv, other cities, and civilian infrastructure “a deliberate tactic” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
She said that “He seems determined that if he cannot seize Ukraine with force, he will attempt to freeze the country into submission.”
Poland’s U.N. Ambassador Krzysztof Zczerski said to the council that “those innocent civilians would not have died if Russia had not invaded Ukraine.” It’s an inhumane attack on civilians in Ukraine.
Russia’s Nebenzia stated that he wanted to remind people blaming Russia of the fact that the “special military operation” Moscow refers to as its Moscow counterpart would not have been necessary if the Minsk Agreements after the 2014 upheaval in Ukraine that required a degree of self rule for the Russian-backed separatist areas of Donetsk, Luhansk in east and a degree of autonomy for Donetsk had been fulfilled and had not led to an eight year war.
Nebenzia addressed the West and said that there would not be military action “if Russia had not interfered or supplied Ukraine with ammunition and weapons” and encouraged Ukraine to “work for peace on realistic terms and not fuel its feverish fantasies of victory over Russia for which the Zelenskyy government is savagely throwing tens and thousands of its soldiers into a meat grinder.”
Nebenzia stated that the missile attacks were not caused by Russian special forces. “If we reacted to terrorist acts of the Ukrainian military against Russia, then we wouldn’t be forced to conduct precise strikes on infrastructure.”
He said, “But because you’re not acting as you think you are acting, and the Kyiv Regi is taking credit for nonexistent military prowess. We are forced to achieve our goals for the special military operations by weakening Ukraine’s military potential.”
Woodward, British, strongly disagreed with the council and stated that “we are in no doubt Ukraine will prevail against Russia’s aggression.”
She pointed out the Russian withdrawal of Kherson in southern Ukraine and said that “The liberation Kherson shows strength, courage, and determination of Ukrainian people to defend their rights to sovereign equality, and territorial integrity guaranteed by the UN Charter.”
Russia and the US disagree on responsibility for Poland’s missile strike
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