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Russia 'Bewildered' by UN Remarks, Regrets Its Kakhovka Warnings Were Not Heard - Envoy to UN
Russia 'Bewildered' by UN Remarks, Regrets Its Kakhovka Warnings Were Not Heard - Envoy to UN
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Russia regrets that the international community did not hear its warnings last October about the potential threat that the... 07.06.2023, Sputnik Africa
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“We have warned the international community and UN leadership about this threat,” Nebenzya said during a UN Security Council meeting, in reference to an October 2022 letter that stated Ukrainian forces were planning on destroying the dam through sea mines or a missile strike.Nebenzya also condemned the behavior of the UN Secretariat for its 'politicized' statements and for not condemning Kiev over the attack. The UN envoy emphasized that statements blaming Russia for the incident use the same flawed logic as claims that Moscow played a role in the Nord Stream destruction. Nebenzya took the opportunity to further point out that Kiev had considered undertaking such an operation as far back as last year, a plan reported on by US media in December.The 2022 report detailed that Ukrainian military conducted test strikes on one of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's floodgates. At the time, officials admitted the test was a success but that it would be considered as a "last resort."
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Russia 'Bewildered' by UN Remarks, Regrets Its Kakhovka Warnings Were Not Heard - Envoy to UN
08:57 07.06.2023 (Updated: 08:59 07.06.2023) UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Russia regrets that the international community did not hear its warnings last October about the potential threat that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and dam would pose, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzya said on Tuesday.
“We have warned the international community and UN leadership about this threat,” Nebenzya said during a UN Security Council meeting, in reference to an October 2022 letter that stated Ukrainian forces were planning on
destroying the dam through sea mines or a missile strike.
"At the end of October 2022, we circulated an official document of the UN Security Council, a note from the permanent mission on the Kiev regime’s plans to destroy the Kakhovka HPP [hydroelectric power plant]. We regret that our calls to the secretary-general to do everything possible to prevent this horrifying crime were not duly heeded."
Nebenzya also
condemned the behavior of the UN Secretariat for its 'politicized' statements and for not condemning Kiev over the attack.
“We are deeply bewildered that the UN Secretariat repeatedly fails to condemn the attacks perpetrated by the Kiev regime citing insufficient information,” he told the Security Council.
The UN envoy emphasized that statements blaming Russia for the incident use the same flawed logic as claims that Moscow played a role in the Nord Stream destruction.
"Such conclusions reek of schizophrenia," he said, underscoring the danger posed by such a narrative.
Nebenzya took the opportunity to further point out that
Kiev had considered undertaking such an operation as far back as last year, a plan reported on by US media in December.
The 2022 report detailed that Ukrainian military conducted test strikes on one of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's floodgates. At the time, officials admitted the test was a success but that it would be considered as a "last resort."
