UNGA Resolution on Ukraine Will Boomerang on Its Authors, Russian Envoy to UN Says
Vassily Nebenzia, permanent representative of Russia to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the UN Security Council, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at United Nations headquarters.
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Passing the draft resolution on Ukraine seeking to establish an international repatriation mechanism from Russia to Ukraine will boomerang on its authors, Russian Ambassador to the organization, Vasily Nebenzia, said at a UN General Assembly session on Monday.”Passing this resolution will like a boomerang come back at them,” Nebenzia said in reference to the countries that initiated the resolution.Earlier on Monday, the UN General Assembly resumed its emergency special session on Ukraine to take action on a draft resolution at the request of Canada, Ukraine, Guatemala and the Netherlands.The draft resolution calls for establishing an international mechanism for reparation stemming from Russia’s actions in Ukraine during its special military operation and also recommends creating an international register to document information on damages, losses or injuries Ukrainians have sustained.
RussiaPutin Orders Ruble Payments for Energy, Says West’s Freeze on Russian Reserves Undermined Currencies23 March, 12:26 GMTNebenzia said the so-called collective West is doing everything it can to provide a sense of legitimacy to initiate the spending of the Russian assets it has frozen since the start of Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine.The ambassador pointed out the West has for a long time sought to “unfreeze” Russia’s assets that it has frozen but not to return them to their rightful owner, rather to start spending them allegedly to help Ukraine.In addition, the West wants to use the frozen assets to fund their own constantly growing weapons supplies to the Kiev regime and cover the debt for weapons already supplied, Nebenzia said.