Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin at the 7th Moscow Conference on International Security. April 4, 2018MOSCOW, April 4Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin discussed the situation in Ukraine with UN Deputy Secretary General Martin Griffiths, the Russian Ministry of Defense told reporters. Griffiths, during which the situation in Ukraine was discussed,» the ministry said.Russia requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council because of the provocation in Bucha. In particular, the Ministry of Defense informed Griffiths about the increase in humanitarian aid to the population of Ukraine in areas controlled by the Russian Armed Forces, as well as in the DPR and LPR. The Russian Defense Ministry also told the UN that Kyiv distributed weapons uncontrollably to the population, which led to an increase in banditry and looting. «Moreover, the number of incidents with the use of weapons is steadily increasing, which can lead to the death of UN employees,» the department said. It was also noted that the Ukrainian authorities launched an information campaign to discredit Russian servicemen. For this purpose, provocations are used and staged incidents are created. «A vivid example is the accusation of the Russian Armed Forces of an airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. The day before it became known that the main character of the media reports denies the version of an air raid on the maternity hospital from the Russian side. According to her, nationalists from Azov units used several women in labor to film a report in the destroyed , allegedly by Russia, a hospital according to a pre-prepared scenario. False information was disseminated by the Western media,» the Ministry of Defense noted. The Russian department also showed concrete evidence of genocide and cruelty of the Ukrainian leadership and paramilitary units in relation to their own population.
Zakharova commented on Biden's call to organize a tribunal for UkraineDeputy Defense Minister said that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is deteriorating. First of all, this is due to the actions of the Ukrainian authorities and nationalist battalions, which continue to blockade citizens in cities. The Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations was informed about the situation in connection with the sabotage by Kiev of the regime of open humanitarian corridors. For his part, Griffiths noted the importance of such contacts for solving complex humanitarian issues in crisis regions of the world. An understanding was reached to continue regular interaction. 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 Kiev 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 the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
