UNSCUN, Mar 22Russia has requested a vote in the UN Security Council on Wednesday on its draft humanitarian resolution on Ukraine, a source in the Security Council told RIA Novosti. «Russia is asking for a vote on Wednesday (March 23),» the agency's source said. , The Security Council calls for «a negotiated ceasefire to ensure the prompt, 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 assistance to those in need in and around Ukraine. As noted in the text, the UNSC » urges Member States to fund the UN Flash Appeal for Humanitarian Assistance in Ukraine, as well as the Regional Refugee Action Plan for Ukraine. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on 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 Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. Russia on Ukraine in the UN Security Council
