Ceasefire Not Enough for Sustainable Peace Between Russia, Ukraine, Envoy to UN Says
16:40 30.05.2025 (Updated: 16:41 30.05.2025)
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - Russian forces are successfully operating across all the front lines and are ready to continue their operations for as long as it takes, the envoy added.
A ceasefire is not enough to bring the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to a sustainable end, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday.
"A simple ceasefire is not enough to achieve this [sustainable end of the conflict]. We already once stood at this very crossroads in the context of the Minsk agreements, which were systematically violated by the Western Ukraine," Nebenzia told the UN Security Council.
Russia is ready to "in principle" agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine, but it also wants Kiev to take steps in this direction, Nebenzia said.
"In principle, we are prepared to consider the possibility of establishing a ceasefire, which would then, in the future, pave the way for a lasting settlement to the root causes of the conflict. In order to achieve this, however, we need to see the other party taking steps as well," he added.
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"…Ukrainian president doesn't want to stop military hostilities because he fears losing his grip on power," Nebenzia said. "If this happens, he'll have to hold elections and answer before his electorate for what he turned Ukraine into over the last six years, as well as answer for the hundreds of billions of state funds, which he has stolen, and he'll have to answer to the West, first and foremost, to the Americans for the aid he received."
The second major reason for why the Ukraine conflict is still dragging on is European warmongers, who are trying to keep Washington stuck in the conflict, the ambassador added.
Moreover, If Germany provides its Taurus missiles to Ukraine, getting directly involved in the conflict, it will give Russia the right to "consider all options" to "properly" respond to such a move.
"Germany is going to be drawn further into a war with Russia through these actions [providing Taurus missiles], which will give us the right to consider all options so as to properly respond to this unfriendly step. If there is any common sense left in Berlin, if there are still people there who have not forgotten history, they cannot but understand what these new aggressive actions of Germany against Russia will result in," Nebenzia told the UN Security Council.
