Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya and Deputy Representative of Russia Dmitry Polyansky at a meeting of the UN Security CouncilUN, 21 Mar. Russia plans in the near future to request a vote in the UN Security Council on its draft humanitarian resolution on Ukraine, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said on his Telegram channel. resolution) and plan to request a vote on our project in the Security Council in the near future,» Polyansky said.Russia opened humanitarian corridors in Ukraine for the 18th time, according to the draft resolution, the Security Council calls for «a negotiated ceasefire to ensure the rapid, safe, voluntary and unhindered evacuation of all civilians.» At the same time, the Security Council emphasizes the need for the parties to agree on humanitarian pauses for this purpose. The text, a copy of which is at the disposal of RIA Novosti, also states that the UN Security Council requires the full protection of civilians, including humanitarian personnel and people in vulnerable situations , including women and children. In addition, the document calls not to use civilian infrastructure to deploy military facilities, and not to install them in densely populated areas. According to the draft, the Security Council requires all parties to ensure the protection of all medical and humanitarian personnel, their vehicles and equipment, hospitals and other medical facilities. The project calls on all parties to allow safe and unhindered travel outside Ukraine, including for foreign nationals without discrimination, and to facilitate safe and unhindered access for humanitarian aid to those in need in and around Ukraine.
The Kremlin urged the world to put pressure on Kyiv to save civilians. As noted in the text, the UN Security Council «calls on member states to fund the UN emergency call for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine, as well as a regional refugee action plan for Ukraine.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. from Mariupol, said Pushilin
