The Motherland Monument in Kyiv. File photoGENEVA, Oct 4 By ignoring the crimes committed by Ukraine against the Russian-speaking population, and supplying Kyiv with weapons to commit them, the West is effectively becoming an accomplice to these crimes, the representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Human Rights Council said on Tuesday. «As a result of each such strike (against the LPR and DPR — ed.), inflicted by weapons supplied by you, civilians, children died and continue to die. By providing these weapons, you, in fact, become accomplices in the war crimes of the Ukrainian authorities and the military,» — the diplomat said. He added that the HRC has become a tool for promoting Western policy in the human rights direction. «You continue to hypocritically ignore the hateful rhetoric and repression against the Russian-speaking residents of Ukraine introduced by Kyiv into the rank of official ideology. You have never condemned the attacks on the center of Donetsk, civilian facilities (the same schools and hospitals) of the DPR and LPR, the Zaporozhye NPP, civil infrastructure on the territory of Russia,» the member of the diplomatic mission added. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Volodin: countries helping Ukraine are drawn into conflict with Russia
