Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN. File photoUN, March 8 Russia is concerned that Ukrainian radicals are holding more than 1,500 foreigners hostage, Vasyl Nebenzya, Russia's permanent representative to the organization, said at a UN Security Council meeting. that Ukrainian radicals continue to hold hostages as a human shield, in a number of cities there are more than 1.5 thousand foreigners. According to their fate, we are working around the clock with the relevant diplomatic departments,» Nebenzya said. More than 168,000 people arrived in Russia during the military operation, including 43,469 children. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />Nebenzia named the reason for the growing number of victims of radicals in UkraineAccording to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>>Ukraine turns into Somalia
