We tell UN: Russian strikes on Ukraine doubt the desire for peace

By Michelle Nichols United Nations, -Deads rocket and drone strikes on Ukraine “doubts about the seriousness of Russia’s desire for peace,” the United States told the UN Security Council on Friday, warning that Washington Moscow could punish economic measures if it continued the war. “The United States calls on the Russian Federation to avoid these consequences by stopping the violence and becoming constructively involved to end the war,” US diplomat John Kelley told the 15 -member council. “Russia must now decide to move to peace. The leaders of Russia and Ukraine must agree to meet bilaterally,” he said. Russia attacked Ukraine with deadly missiles and drone strikes early Thursday in an attack. The strikes on Kyiv “doubts about the seriousness of Russia’s desire for peace. These strikes in civilian areas must stop immediately,” Kelley said. Diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s full -scale invasion have so far yielded little, even after US President Donald Trump met separately with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders earlier this month. “Russia still chooses murder of ending the war,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia SvyRydryghen told the Security Council. “We must take this into account in our efforts aimed at peaceful solution and the establishment of reliable security guarantees. These guarantees will protect both the Ukrainian sovereignty and the lives of the Ukrainian population, especially children.” “Our people should feel safe today. That’s why ceasefire remains an essential prerequisite for successful future negotiation,” she said. Russia’s deputy -vn -ambassador Dmitri Polyanskiy said Moscow is prepared to consider a summit with Ukraine “provided there is a thorough preparation for such a meeting and its substantive content, otherwise it would simply have no meaning.” He said the United States is “more and more understand the need to address the cause of the conflict, without which it is not possible to resolve it.” Russia launched its full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and called it a ‘special military operation’ designed to ‘deny its neighbor’ and stop the dangerous expansion of NATO in the East. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without edits to text.