Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has railed against the US and Western allies, accusing countries of 'destroying globalisation' and not obeying international law. Latest:
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Several European Union foreign ministers had said comments by ambassador Lu Shaye - in which he questioned the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet states - were unacceptable and had asked Beijing to clarify its stance. Sudan may be descending into a war that could"engulf the whole region" in the words of the UN secretary general and Ukraine's war is wrecking the world economy.
All without a trace of irony and a deadpan delivery that the late Barry Humphries would have been proud of. Russia complains the world has become unipolar since the end of the cold war. If Moscow really wants a more multipolar world the best place to start might be the UN and yet it has acted with wanton disregard for its principles for more than a decade now.
"More than a year into Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, President Putin has brought unimaginable suffering to that country while trampling on the UN Charter. "Russia simply wants to redraw international borders by force in violation of this UN Charter. That goes against everything this institution stands for," she said.
Ms Kallas also supported Kyiv's calls for accession to NATO"as soon as conditions allow" during a visit to Ukraine on Monday. Mr Zelenskyy thanked Estonia for its defence support but reiterated demands for rapid deliveries of more weapons from Western allies"so that we can speed up the end of this war".
The Post said Ukraine's military intelligence directorate chief Major General Kyrylo Budanov had told his officers"to get ready for mass strikes on 24 February … with everything the HUR had". "Yes, still there is some disagreement. But I am sure everybody will understand that we are in a situation of extreme urgency," Mr Borrell told reporters as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg.
The Russian foreign minister said the UN is"enduring a profound crisis" that is caused by the US"replacing international law with a certain rules based order". In what Sky's international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn called a"cynical rant", Lavrov said the"double standards" of the UN should be abandoned.
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