Russia Rejects UN Secretary’s Remarks on Sumy Events
Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. X/ @SegurCasasus
April 15, 2025 Hour: 2:04 pm
The Russian Defense Ministry points out on a regular basis that targets only include military facilities, Zakharova stated
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to claims about what happened in Sumy made by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
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Previously, through his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, Guterres said that the events of April 13 were the latest of the Russian missile attacks against “Ukrainian cities,” thus insinuating that it was an attack on the civilian population.
“Such assessments by the UN secretary general are nothing if not confusing. We would like to point out that since the very beginning of the special military operation, Russian forces have never carried out deliberate strikes on the civilian population, and they will never do that. The Russian Defense Ministry points out on a regular basis that targets only include military facilities,” Zakharova said, as reported by the TASS agency.
“The UN secretary general’s statement also expressed support for efforts to achieve peace for the sake of preserving Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity in line with the UN Charter, international law and the relevant UN resolutions,” she added.
“It’s easy to see that it does not mention the right of peoples to self-determination. This is further proof of Antonio Guterres’s selective interpretation of the provisions of the United Nations Charter,” Zakharova stressed.
The Russian diplomat also noted that President Vodolymyr Zelensky’s regime does not respect the principle of self-determination of peoples nor does it represent the entire population.
“Zelensky’s clique has repeatedly and blatantly violated the basic rules of ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking citizens… Regrettably, the UN secretary general continues to cover up the Kyiv regime’s clear disregard for the statutory principles of the self-determination of peoples and respect for human rights, violating Article 1 of the UN Charter, which calls for respect for linguistic, religious and other human rights,” Zakharova emphasized.
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Sources: TASS – FM
