President of Ukraine urged to deprive Russia of its veto in the UN Security Council

On Wednesday 20 February, speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko again called for depriving Russia, as an aggressor country, of the right to veto when voting in the UN Security Council, writes Voice of America.

He recalled that in the 1939 year, "for its aggressive behavior, Moscow was excluded from the League of Nations," which, according to the Ukrainian leader, was "the right and justified step."

Poroshenko also noted that, according to military experts, Russia continues to hold on the border with Ukraine a powerful offensive grouping, which is designed for a military strike.

“The total number of illegal armed groups is now about 35 thousands of militants, as well as 2,1 thousands of soldiers from the Russian regular armed forces,” Poroshenko said. “The total number of Russian armed forces along the Russian-Ukrainian border is more than 87 thousand.”

In service with the pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass, according to information sounded by Poroshenko, is 496 tanks, 938 armored personnel carriers, 128 multiple launch rocket systems, 776 artillery systems.

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The President of Ukraine stressed that under these conditions, his country became, in essence, the real eastern flank of NATO and defender of "transatlantic freedom and democracy."

Poroshenko added that now, five years after the beginning of the Russian annexation Of the Crimea, on the peninsula, there are up to 32,5 thousands of Russian military, hundreds of armored vehicles, artillery systems, military aircraft, as well as 6 surface ships and 6 submarines carrying Caliber class missiles.

According to the President of Ukraine, it is possible that Russian nuclear weapons are also deployed in Crimea, which changes the strategic balance of forces in the region.

In turn, Jonathan Cohen, acting US ambassador to the UN, who spoke at the UN General Assembly, said that Moscow "continues to destabilize Ukraine" and is trying to subordinate it to the Kremlin’s political will, but this only strengthens "Ukraine’s determination to defend its freedom and independence."

“The United States strongly supports Ukraine in the face of Russia's aggression, and we are committed to the success of a stable, prosperous, democratic and free Ukraine,” Cohen said. - As we have repeatedly said, the United States does not recognize and will not recognize the Kremlin’s annexation of the Crimea. We will never accept anything except the complete restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Our sanctions on the Donbass will continue until Russia fully complies with the Minsk agreements. Our sanctions against the Crimea will continue until Russia regains control over the peninsula to Ukraine. ”

Recall that earlier the new chairman of the United States Command Command in the zone of Central and South America said that the United States should not rule out the possibility Russian military presence in Venezuela. Admiral compared Russia with a "wounded, weakened bear."