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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov defended his country’s actions in the seven-month war against Ukraine.
Addressing a meeting of the UN Security Council on alleged atrocities committed in Ukraine since Russia’s February 24 invasion, Lavrov on Thursday accused Ukraine of creating threats against Russian security and “brazenly trampling” the rights of Russians and Russian speakers in Ukraine, reports Aljazeera.
Moscow has called the war a ‘special military operation’.
“I can assure you that we will never accept this,” said Lavrov, who only sat in the council chamber for his own speech.
“Everything I’ve said today simply confirms that the decision to conduct the special military operation was inevitable.”
Following his address, world leaders at the United Nations have called for Moscow to be held accountable for human rights violations in Ukraine as
The special session of the Security Council took place a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the immediate mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of reservists to fight in a war that has already killed thousands, displaced millions, destroyed cities and undermined the global economy.
Meanwhile, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Washington would continue to support Ukraine to defend itself.
“The very international order we’ve gathered here to uphold is being shredded before our eyes,” Blinken told the council.
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