U.N. scathing condemnation of Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure

The Russian campaign of attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure was strongly condemned on Tuesday by virtually every member of the UN Security Council, who warned of a harsh winter ahead for the country’s population.

“Russia continues its aggression and uses winter as a weapon of war,” condemned Nicolas de Rivière, the French ambassador to the UN, who, together with Mexico, convened the highest governing body of the organization to address the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

According to De Riviere, “systematic” attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure during freezing temperatures “reflect a clear desire to Russia make Ukrainians suffer, deprive them of water, heat and electricity in the hope of undermining their resistance.”

The representative of Mexico, Juan Ramon de la Fuente, stressed that the shelling of the electricity grid, together with the cold, creates a new dimension to the humanitarian crisis experienced in Ukraine.

The point is not only that in the dead of winter millions of people are left without electricity and heat, the diplomat recalled, but also that power outages greatly complicate the supply of doctors and jeopardize the safety of the country’s nuclear power plants.

“We reiterate our urging to end these attacks and step up efforts to restore the power grid,” de La Fuente said in a message that was echoed by most countries in the Security Council.

Even China calls for containment of Russia

China, despite taking a cooler stance than others in the face of the Russian invasion, has made it clear that it wants “attacks on civilian infrastructure” to stop and for the damage to be repaired as soon as possible to avoid suffering the most vulnerable.

As the head of the UN humanitarian organization, Martin Griffiths, confirmed, millions of Ukrainians are living without access to heat, electricity and water as a result of ongoing Russian bombing.

“In the face of frost and destruction, those who were already vulnerable, including the elderly, people with disabilities and millions of displaced people, are most at risk as they lack essential services,” Griffiths said, explaining that more support is needed. than what humanitarian organizations can offer right now.

Russia Justifies Attacks

Russiameanwhile argued that attacks on the infrastructure Ukraine they are a necessary response to Kyiv’s hostility, and he said they are limited to facilities used for military purposes.

“We are going to weaken the combat capability of the (Vladimir) Zelensky regime. These facilities are being disabled by targeted strikes, and the civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian cities would not have suffered if they had not placed air defense in residential areas, ”said Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya.

The diplomat, on the other hand, denounced that Western arms shipments to Ukraine leads to a significant amount of weapons in the hands of armed groups in other regions, and Moscow will ask the Security Council to consider this issue at a meeting on December 9.

In addition, Nebenzya confirmed that his country was ready to negotiate for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, but made it clear that his goal would be “to eradicate the causes that led to the launch of a special military operation in Ukraine”, that is, to ensure that the goals that Russia was set for their invasion to be carried out.

Meanwhile the Western powers and the nation itself Ukraine insisted that by his actions the Russian President, Vladimir Putinshows that she does not intend to negotiate an end to the war.

“Increased shelling by President Putin of infrastructure Ukraine they indicate that you have no genuine interest in negotiation or diplomacy. You try to break the will to fight Ukraine bombed and froze their civilians into submission,” said US diplomat Lisa Carthy. (According to EFE)

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