During the December 19 press briefing, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mariya Zakharova commented on the UN General Assembly resolution on the alleged militarisation of Crimea and parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov as well as Kiev’s planned provocations in the Kerch Strait (source):
UN General Assembly votes on Ukraine’s draft resolution on the alleged militarisation of Crimea and parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
On December 17, the UN General assembly held a plenary session to review a draft resolution sponsored by Ukraine and titled “The problem of militarisation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine), as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.”
This is a politicised document built on unacceptable accusations against Russia and intended to “write off” all the problems Ukraine is currently facing in terms of domestic politics and the economy as deriving from some kind of mythical “Russian aggression,” as well as boost Ukrainian President Petr Poroshenko’s record-low approval ratings.
In addition to this, the draft resolution contains a distorted and untrue interpretation by Kiev of the November 25 provocation, when three Ukrainian ships attempted to penetrate the Kerch Strait without notifying Russia in advance. The documents that were found on board these vessels, as well as the testimonies made by the Ukrainian crew members clearly suggest that this was a deliberate and premeditated initiative.
Furthermore, the Ukrainian provocation was carried out in violation of the UN Charter and international law, including Article 19 and 21 of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which set out the procedures and rules regarding innocent passage, as well as the rights of the coastal state to ensure safety in its territorial sea.
The allegations in the resolution on the militarisation by Russia of Crimea and parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are also at odds with reality. Russia is not building up its military presence in the Sea of Azov, and there are no naval bases there. The forces that are located there are used to protect the Crimean Bridge and ensure the safety of navigation. Let me remind you that from the very first statements on plans to build the Crimean Bridge we heard from Ukrainian officials, politicians and security establishment loyal to the current Kiev regime direct calls to prevent the construction and then to destroy this civilian infrastructure facility.
The measures undertaken by Russia (selective ship inspections, including Russian vessels) are quite adequate considering the threats coming from extremists, including Ukrainian politicians, regarding the Crimean Bridge and our country in general.
At the same time, it is Ukraine’s actions that are aimed at militarising the Sea of Azov. In fact, Ukraine announced the establishment of a naval base in Berdyansk and regularly closes specific areas of the Sea of Azov for artillery practice.
Unfortunately, even amendments to the draft resolution submitted by a number of delegations in order to reflect the essence of the November 25 provocation in a more balanced way did nothing to change its counterproductive and malignant nature.
Against this backdrop, Russia had no choice other than to initiate a vote on the resolution and to vote against it. The vote showed that positions of UN member states vary greatly, with most countries abstaining and a significant number not present during the vote, which can be viewed as eloquent proof of a one-sided interpretation of the situation around Crimea and the Sea of Azov. It is also a fact that many countries were directly pressured to support the resolution. Nevertheless, two thirds of UN member countries did not support it.
It is unfortunate that Kiev’s counterproductive anti-Russia initiatives within the UN General Assembly and other structures and bodies of this universal organisation are solely intended to veil the disastrous domestic policy of this country’s leadership and do nothing to promote the settlement of the internal crisis in Ukraine.
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Question: Secretary of the Ukrainian Security and Defence Council, Alexander Turchinov, said that Kiev was again planning to send ships to the Kerch Strait. He said he had invited his partners to take part in the action. Could you comment on that?
Maria Zakharova: This is the announcement of another provocation, it has the same provocative character. It is absolutely irresponsible and is designed to aggravate the situation even as many of Ukraine’s partners are trying to defuse tension and seek de-escalation. Making such a statement against the background of the attempts being made by a number of states, including EU members, amounts to acknowledging that provocation is the Kiev regime’s calling card.
Hey Zakcharova, please erase word “partner” from your vocabulary. These fucks are all your enemies. UN, EU. UK. Israel, Trump, Merkel, Macron… Poroschenko all those fucks are the same Rothschild’s minions from the Deep State.
Even China learned the lesson and they arrested those Canadian scums. Time for Russia find some balls and start doing something instead of talking (and by the way, Putin sucks).
Zo Fu, says the wise Sun Tzu: “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you do not need to fear the result of a hundred battles”. Putin is a great strategist, has already won in Syria and Crimea, does not fall into provocation and does not follow the Pied Piper.
These “victories” don’t mean anything. We have WW3 behind the doors and people are sleepwalking towards it because this fucking sleepwalker Putin assured everybody in Moscow that Rotschild’s bankster’s wars could be negotiated and avoided. It is a bullshit. The only way how to prevent WW3 is to show Rothschild that Russia is much more stronger then NATO and the only way to do this is Georgia-Abchazia scenario. This was the only “victory” of Putin worth to mention. Anytime else he just retreated as a coward and hurt his own people.
Nuland spent some fucking 7 billions USD to overthrow Janukovych in Ukraine, those are pocket money meanwhile Putin was busy preparing his fucking Sochi games and let Nuland do it. Some 10.000 russian people died in Donetsk-Luhansk regions as a result.
His fault. He is an hesitating and incompetent coward, in one bed with Netanyahu and very poor chess-player.
Therefore Russia would be more stronger then NATO? II° lesson of the sage Sun Tzu: If you know yourself, but not the enemy, for each victory you win you will also suffer a defeat. And I add: do you know what you look like? One of those traitors who send to death with the Mossad motto “By way of deception thou shalt do war”. You look so much like a sayanim working for the Lohama Psychologit.