He Security Council will meet on Thursday at 17:00 local time (22:00 GMT) to discuss the downing of a Russian plane on Wednesday morning in Ukrainea plane that according to Russia It was transporting Ukrainian prisoners and in which its 74 occupants perished.
The deputy ambassador of Russia before the UN, Dmitry Polyanskyreported this Wednesday on his X account that Francecurrent president of the Council, did not agree to convene that session for today’s afternoon, as he had requested Russia “in a clear attempt to shield his client, the kyiv regime”.
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With this delay – points out the Russian representative – it is possible to give the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskya precious time “to invent some minimally plausible explanation for what he has committed”.
He Il-76 It crashed about 50 kilometers from the Ukrainian border after explosions were heard in the air, according to eyewitnesses cited by Russian agencies. According to Moscow, there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners on board ready to be exchanged for Russian prisoners, three Russian guards and the rest of the crew.
On the social networks of Belgorod Images can be seen with the Il-76 hurtling towards the ground at high speed and exploding in an open field.
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The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrovstressed this morning at the UN that Ukraine He first boasted about the downing of the plane in a digital publication, but then removed the publication, something he said confirmed Ukrainian responsibility for the downing, even if by mistake.
The Russian diplomat Polyanskiy points out that, by not addressing the urgency that his country demanded, France is abusing its functions as president of the Security Councilso he considers “deplorable that the glorious French diplomacy of other times has shrunk to a miserable fraud and pathetic manipulation”.
