Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is chairing a meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council in New York on Monday afternoon, where he accused the United States of “adopting a policy of destruction” of the UN peacekeeping mission by launching a brutal attack, including on the IMF . In this way, he responded to the head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, who stated that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing “enormous suffering and devastation to the Ukrainian country and people” and called for an urgent “active response”, writes The Guardian.

This month, in the midst of a military offensive against Ukraine, Russia presides over the UN Security Council, so Sergei Lavrov is chairing the UN Security Council on Monday.

The Secretary General of the United Nations accused that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing “enormous suffering and devastation to the country and people of Ukraine” and called for an “effective response” as a matter of urgency, writes The Guardian.

The head of the UN added that the world is facing historic tension between great powers.

Lavrov brought the accusation to the USA directly from New York

In response, Sergei Lavrov, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s key ministers and in charge of Russia’s foreign affairs for 19 years, blamed the United States and its Western allies, matching the Kremlin’s rhetoric.

He argued that the UN was “going through a deep crisis” and that the US had replaced international law with “an order based on its own rules”.

Lavrov also accused the US of a “policy of destruction” of the UN peacekeeping mission.

“The situation is more dangerous than during the Cold War”

The Russian Foreign Minister, who chaired the meeting on multilateralism and the UN Charter, also stated that the world was in a more dangerous situation than during the Cold War: “As it was during the Cold War, we have reached a dangerous threshold, probably more more dangerous.”

Attacks on the IMF as well

The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry did not spare the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from attacks either, accusing it of “transformation” into a body that works to “achieve the goals of the United States and its allies, including goals of a military nature.” , further writes The Guardian: “The US has gone down the path of destroying globalization, which for many years it has elevated to the highest benefit of all mankind.”

All 27 EU ambassadors to the UN condemn Russia’s invasion ahead of a Security Council meeting

Before Russia presided over a meeting of the UN Security Council, all 27 EU ambassadors signed a joint statement condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, CNN reports.

• “Russia is trying to present itself as a defender of the UN Charter and multilateralism. Nothing could be further from the truth. He is cynical. We all know that while Russia is destroying, we are building. While they violate, we protect.
• The UN Charter, the UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, everywhere you look, Russia is despised,” said the statement of 27 EU ambassadors.

The representatives of the EU states repeated the demand for Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all its military forces” from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.

“We will not forget, we will not forgive”

The United States refused to issue visas to Russian journalists who accompanied the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, to the United Nations on Monday and Tuesday.

• “We will not forget, we will not forgive!” Lavrov warned before leaving for New York, condemning Washington’s “cowardly” decision.
• “The country that calls itself the smartest, the strongest, the freest, the fairest, has devastated itself and even made a fool of itself,” said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry ironically.