Russia Admits Its Invasion of Ukraine Is a ‘War’ For the First Time
The Ukraine “special military operation” is a “de facto” war, Russia admitted for the first time, while blaming the West for the escalation.
Vassily Nebenzia
No Joke: Russia Assumes Presidency of U.N. Security Council
Russia’s rise to the presidency of the U.N. Security Council this month is not an April Fool’s joke, Moscow’s delegate to the globalist organization indignantly declared Monday.
Kremlin UN Envoy: Russia Had ‘No Choice’ But to ‘Defend’ Itself, West Out to ‘Destroy My Country’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – A week before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia and declared: “We had no choice other than to defend our country – defend it from you, to defend our identity and our future.”
Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Declaring Referendums on Ukrainian Regions Joining Russia Illegal
Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia defended the referendums, claiming that more than 100 international observers from Italy, Germany, Venezuela, and Latvia who observed the voting recognized the outcomes as legitimate.
Tacit Recognition: U.N. Votes to Work with Taliban Regime in Afghanistan
The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) voted on Thursday to establish a formal presence in Afghanistan to perform “crucial” humanitarian work, effectively establishing a working relationship with the barbaric Taliban regime, although the resolution was careful not to name the Taliban or expressly recognize it as the legitimate ruling power of Afghanistan.
U.S. Cites ‘Espionage Activities’ for Expulsion of Russian U.N. Staff
The United States announced Monday it is expelling 12 individuals from Russia’s U.N. delegation in New York, accusing them of being “intelligence operatives.”
UK and EU Ready Russian Sanctions as Putin Moves More Troops into Ukraine
The UK and the EU will impose new sanctions on Russia following Vladimir Putin recognising separatist regions of Ukraine as sovereign.
Russia Snubs Middle East Security Confab over ‘Anti-Iran’ Focus
UNITED NATIONS — Russia on Tuesday slammed a planned US-Polish conference on peace and security in the Middle East as “counterproductive” because of its focus on countering Iran, and said it would not attend.
Nikki Haley to Russia on Future Gas Attacks in Syria: ‘The United States Is Locked and Loaded’
Nikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, said Saturday at the second emergency meeting in as many days that the overnight strike against Syrian infrastructure was justified “to deter the use of chemical weapons.”
