UNITED NATIONS (HRNW) – The United States said it has called for an open meeting of the UN Security Council next Monday to address the crisis around Ukraine due to what it called “threatening behavior” by Russia.
“More than 100,000 Russian troops are deployed on the Ukrainian border and Russia is engaging in other destabilizing acts aimed at Ukraine, posing a clear threat to international peace and security and the UN Charter,” Washington s United Nations envoy Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Thursday in a statement.
“As we continue our relentless pursuit of diplomacy to de-escalate tensions,” she added, the 15-member Security Council “must squarely examine the facts and consider what is at stake for Ukraine, for Russia, for Europe, and for the core obligations and principles of the international order should Russia further invade Ukraine.”
With fears rising that Russia could invade its neighbor, a former Soviet state, Thomas-Greenfield said the council faced a “crucial” matter for international peace and security: “Russia s threatening behavior against Ukraine and the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine s borders and in Belarus.”
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