Meeting of the Security Council at the 74th session of the UN General AssemblyUN, Jan 31 Russia requested a procedural vote in the UN Security Council on whether to hold a US-initiated Security Council meeting on Ukraine, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. content/uploads/2022/01/f860f17425f0a257e880c633bccc0d1a.jpg» />Deliveries of weapons to the Donbass. Is Russia withdrawing from the Minsk agreements? Last week, the United States requested a meeting of the Security Council on the situation around Ukraine on January 31. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Washington wants to discuss the alleged «threatening behavior» of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine and the «build-up» of the Russian military presence on the border. First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky on Friday called the convening of a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine the intention of the United States to discuss «its own baseless accusations and assumptions.» The diplomat expressed hope that his colleagues in the UN Security Council would not support «this PR trick». In this case, for the meeting to be held, it is necessary that at least 9 members of the Security Council out of 15 speak in favor of it. The Security Council includes Russia, the USA, Great Britain, China, France, as well as India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland, Kenya, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Albania, Ghana and Gabon. Even if the UN Security Council meeting takes place, a final statement should not be expected, since there will be no consensus on the stated topic.Russia has sent a security request to NATO and the OSCE, Lavrov saidKiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted earlier that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, the information hysteria of the United States and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near the borders of Russia and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. Last Wednesday, the US and NATO submitted to Moscow written responses to Russia's proposals for security guarantees. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Moscow is studying the responses of the United States and NATO, after interdepartmental coordination it will be reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin, he will decide on further steps. />Source: US requested UN Security Council meeting over Ukraine
