“We intend to continue the negotiations in Istanbul,” Russia’s deputy UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told the council, but he added: “Despite the meetings in Istanbul, in the West, the war party did not go away … We continue hearing voices of those who think that diplomacy is just a way of criticizing Russia and exerting pressure on it.”
Ukraine’s deputy UN Ambassador Khrystyna Hayovyshyn said Russia must be confronted with “unity, resolve and action.”
“We seek a comprehensive, just and lasting peace grounded in the principles of the UN Charter and nothing less. We repeat – a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire is essential. It is the first step to halting Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,” she told the council.
