Russian representative in UN Security Council says Moscow would like to know more about ‘ideas fraught with the beginning of 3rd World War’
Elena Teslova
MOSCOW
Russia on Saturday requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss French President Emmanuel Macron’s idea to send NATO troops to Ukraine.
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting in New York, Russia’s deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council Dmitry Polyansky said Moscow would like to know more about such “ideas fraught with the beginning of the Third World War.”
On Feb. 27, Macron confirmed his offer to NATO partners to send troops to Ukraine. However, he added that an official consensus to send ground troops “has not yet been reached, but nothing can be ruled out.”
Later, he said France would send soldiers if Russia moved to Kyiv or Odesa.
Polyansky added that it is equally important to discuss leaked conversations between German Air Force officers about supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine, as well as the media reports that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has deployed a network of spy bases in Ukraine, near the Russian border.
“It would be interesting to hear a comment in connection with a conversation leaked to the media by high-ranking German military officials who talked about how to help Ukrainians destroy the Kerch Bridge in Crimea and strike deep into Russian territory,” he said.
Last week, the German government faced criticism after conversations between Air Force officers about supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine were leaked. Potential strategies were discussed, such as providing satellite intelligence through third parties rather than direct German involvement.
The New York Times said on Feb.27 that over the past eight years, the CIA has trained and equipped Kyiv’s intelligence officers in underground bunkers, some of which are buried deep in Ukraine’s forests.
Regarding the incident with a strike in Odesa on Wednesday, Polyansky said its target was a workshop for assembling naval drones from parts delivered from the UK.
“If some of you hope in your heart to get rid of the leader (President Zelenskyy) of the Kyiv regime in this way, then I can disappoint you, this is not part of our plans,” he said.
The Greek media said on Wednesday that an explosion was heard in the Black Sea port of Odesa, shortly before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis were scheduled to meet.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that a strike was carried out around that time on Odesa, with the target being a water drone warehouse.
More hypocrisy from mafia land. They wage an illegal war in Ukraine, then start whining when countries promise to help Ukraine defend themselves.
The UN has become a self-service facility for international delinquents in need of recognition. These scum come to pour out their vile things on their favorite platform. There is nothing more dear to these bastards than to defile and flout the very principles which founded this institution. We walk on the head.
We must close this shop and found the Free United Nations with countries of good will who want to respect international law. We have to start from scratch.
Yeah, right, the UN is in dire need of structural reform. Or else it will go the tragic way of its predecessor, the Voelkerbund / League of Nations. ☹
Æsj! They sent troops into Ukraine to illegally steal territory, so we can also send troops to get it back, if possible. Moscow in the UN must be streamed by Comedy Channel…
Uh, “Æsj!” is Norwegian, Mike. Please don’t forget that you claimed so far to be a proud Southern US citizen, who lived in Serbia and Ukraine and resides in Germany now. You never mentioned Norway. Better take more care to stick to your tale of a biography, will you?
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I never ‘lived’ in Serbia. I lived with my ukrainian girls in Denmark, and my fallas here on know this.
Everybody here knows me for ten years, what’s your point pruSSian asshole?!