Gennady Gatilov . File photoGENEVA, Jun 21There is a conspiracy of silence regarding the shelling of Donbass among international structures, Western politicians and some media, Russia, for its part, considers it necessary to break through the wall of indifference, said Gennady Gatilov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN in Geneva. According to him, Russia has repeatedly informed the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights , the UN Human Rights Council and specialized UN human rights mechanisms on evidence and facts of «crimes by Ukrainian armed groups and national battalions against the civilian population of Donbass and Ukraine.» Gatilov said that international structures demonstrated shameful silence and indifference.US special ambassadors: cadres decide everything «Despite the obvious conspiracy of silence among international human rights structures, the Western political establishment, the so-called independent media, we consider it important to break through the wall of indifference and alienation in the name of saving the lives and destinies of the long-suffering residents of Donbass and Ukraine,» he said. Gatilov during a round table held on the sidelines of the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council. According to him, this is a difficult but necessary task. 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 Kyiv 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. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
