UN Security Council meeting. File photoUN, 25 May.Fedor Strzhizhovsky, spokesman for the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN, told his Western colleagues in the Security Council about the deaths of Russian journalists during the conflict in Ukraine, after none of them remembered the Russian media representatives. On Tuesday, an informal meeting of the UN Security Council, organized by the Permanent Mission of Ireland and dedicated to the protection of journalists. A number of Western representatives announced the death of seven journalists during the Russian special military operation. In particular, British Deputy Representative to the UN James Cariuki accused Russia of spreading disinformation and announced the death of journalists during, in his opinion, the illegal actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. The US representative also announced the deaths of seven media workers. At the same time, she mentioned reports that talk about the detention of 21 journalists detained in the territories of Ukraine controlled by Russia. «Today, many spoke about the supposedly guaranteed safety of journalists in Ukraine. Of course, we understand that in the West one can talk about Ukraine today either good or not, but there must be at least some reasonable limits to this fraud,” Strzhizhovsky responded. According to him, Ukraine has ceased to be safe for media workers, especially for those who opposed the Ukrainian authorities, long before the special operation RF. According to Strzhizhovsky, more than 20 journalists have died in Ukraine since 2014. «This happened in the context of an armed conflict in the Donbass, which the West tries not to notice. Among these cases are the murders of photojournalist Andrei Stenin, cameraman Anatoly Klyan, publicist Oles Buzina , photographer Andrea Rocchelli, journalist Pavel Sheremet, correspondent Igor Kornelyuk, sound engineer Anton and Voloshin and others,» Strzhizhovsky said. «Unfortunately, there is no progress in the investigations of the mentioned murders, as well as the vast majority of cases of violence, not to mention violations of freedom of speech. It is a pity that during today's meeting no one had the courage to touch on this subject,» he concluded. proxy war between the West and Russia
