The UN General Assembly plans to meet next week.
annexation of the territories of Ukraine, instead of the public one. The UN General Assembly plans to meet next week to discuss the Russian annexation of four temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine after holding pseudo-referendums, Reuters reports.
Ukraine and its allies condemned the pseudo-voting in the temporarily occupied territories as illegal and coercive. The UN General Assembly resolution drafted by the West condemns Russia's fake referendums and the “attempted illegal annexation” of the territories where the pseudo-voting took place.
“This is a clearly politicized and provocative event aimed at deepening the split in the General Assembly and further dividing its members “, Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vasiliy Nebenzia, wrote in a letter to UN states seen by Reuters.
He said the secret ballot was necessary because Western lobbying meant that expressing positions publicly could lead to “difficulties ».
Diplomats said the General Assembly would likely have to vote publicly or hold a secret vote.
“If the international community does not respond, there may be claims that no one is paying attention, which in turn will give carte blanche to other countries to do the same or to recognize what Russia has done,” said EU representative to the UN Olof Skoog.
He said that the EU is conducting extensive consultations with UN countries ahead of the potential vote.
The situation at the UN reflects what happened in 2014 after the Russian Federation annexed the Ukrainian Crimea.
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The meeting of 193 UN member states will discuss the annexation resolution, which is currently being prepared, after Russia last week vetoed the condemnation of the act in the Security Council.
See special topic: The Telegraph: The US believes that Ukraine is capable of liberating Crimea Earlier in Washington, such a prospect was considered unrealistic, as the Russian army was considered too strong, so that Ukraine could overcome it on the peninsula. The invaders have started a partial mobilization in the Luhansk region – Haidai Summonses are distributed to almost everyone. Russia deported more than 1,600,000 Ukrainians – Zelenskyi Many of them had their documents taken away, some went through the terrible filtration camps of the occupiers, where they were mocked and intimidated , he said. The second strike this morning on Zaporozhye, there is a hit The USA believes that Ukraine can return Crimea — Telegraph The occupiers no longer have the ability or the willpower to defend their key positions on the battlefield.
