Foreign Ministry: Russia will not initiate UN investigation into events in Ukraine

The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, April 19Russia does not intend to initiate at the UN the issue of conducting an international investigation into the events in Ukraine, including Buche's provocation, because it doubts the impartiality of the investigation, Petr Ilyichev, director of the Department of International Organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti. look at what kind of investigation it might be, who will conduct it. Unfortunately, the experience of previous investigations, including through the ICC, shows an exceptionally biased position,» Ilyichev said.Russophobia is becoming the basis of the policy of some states, the Foreign Ministry said. Answering a clarifying question whether Russia intends to initiate this issue, he emphasized: «We are not.» «of the Russian military in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are» another provocation «. As noted in the military department, during the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. The ministry noted that all Russian units completely left Bucha on March 30, and departures from the city in the northern direction were not blocked, while the southern outskirts, including residential areas, were fired around the clock by Ukrainian troops from large-caliber artillery, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems. />The Foreign Ministry responded to the words about the inclusion of Russia in the list of sponsors of terrorismRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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 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.