UNSC Counter Terrorism Committee meet: US, UK, France name for finish to Ukraine struggle, Russia says West supplying arms to Kyiv

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine entered ninth month, the battle resonated within the UN Security Council Counter Terrorism Committee meet in Delhi on Saturday. While France, the US and the UK attacked Russia for its violent invasion of Ukraine, Russia accused them of supplying Kyiv weapons, which, it claimed, had been going into the arms of terrorist organisations.

During the session on ‘Interventions from CTC members’, the consultant from France attacked Russia over use of unmanned aerial programs (UAS) by state actors. “On the battlefield, state actors and also states are using drones and unmanned aerial vehicles indiscriminately, violating international law. France will continue to carry the values of multilateralism, democracy and international law in our common fight against terrorism,” he mentioned.

The Russian consultant blamed France and the UK for supplying weapons to Ukraine and held the UK accountable for Saturday’s assault on Crimean port metropolis of Sevastopol. The Russian Black Sea Fleet was allegedly attacked on Saturday by means of drones, damaging certainly one of Russian warships.

“We share the concern over UAS being used in different regions. We know that Kyiv regime is supplied by those instruments by Western regimes, including Great Britain and France…a massive attack on the city of Sevastopol took place… with the use of UAS and with the direct participation of the Great Britain. Luckily Sevastopol city managed to react in a quick manner. We believe all of our efforts should be directed at preventing misuse of UAS by terrorists,” the Russian consultant mentioned.

The US countered this as its consultant mentioned: “I must respond to the false claims made by the Russian Federation which seek to deflect their own wrongdoing. Its aggression against Ukraine is illegal and it must end.”

The UK, too, joined the refrain with its consultant saying, “Russia has made claims here today about the UK and the US. But what cannot be denied and disputed is that the violence in Ukraine is the result of an illegal invasion by Russia and a clear violation of the UN charter. We call on Russia to end these illegal acts that have caused so much suffering in Ukraine and worldwide.”

At this, Russia demanded from the chair a proper to answer which was granted. In reply, the Russian consultant instructed that weapons provided by the West to Ukraine had been going to terrorist organisations.

“We are indeed at loss as to why the response of our Western colleagues was so nervous and excited. ..today’s terrorist attack on the Sevastopol harbour was concocted by British engineers. The official information is that the preparation for this terrorist attack as well as the training of the militia that exercised this terrorist attack was exercised in Chekov. And it all was managed by the British military engineers. As a result, civil infrastructure suffered,” he mentioned.

Accusing the worldwide neighborhood of mendacity and double requirements, he mentioned, “I am convinced that in the near future, the world is going to understand the entire degree of hypocrisy of the Western countries that supply weapons in massive volumes to Kyiv… And may I highlight that these weapons are also channeled to the international terrorist organisations.”

At this the UK consultant acquired up and mentioned, “Let me reemphasise: Russia started this violence against Ukraine and Russia alone can end it.”