Ukraine's deposed president Viktor Yanukovych has formally asked Moscow to deploy Russian troops to re-establish law and order in his country, Russia told the UN Security Council on Monday.
"Under the influence of Western countries, there are open acts of terror and violence," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin quoted the letter from Yanukovich to Putin in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
"People are being persecuted for language and political reasons," he quoted the letter as saying. "So in this regard I would call on the President of Russia, Mr. Putin, asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order, stability and defending the people of Ukraine."
Churkin held up a copy of the letter for council members to see.
Voice of Russia, AFP
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_04/Yanukovych-asked-Putin-for-troops-in-Ukraine-Russian-UN-envoy-8344/
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****VIDEO: Выступление постоянного представителя РФ при ООН Виталий Чуркина на Совете безопасности ООН 4 марта 2014 года. Заседание было созвано по инициативе России и посвящено Украине.
"Under the influence of Western countries, there are open acts of terror and violence," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin quoted the letter from Yanukovich to Putin in an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
"People are being persecuted for language and political reasons," he quoted the letter as saying. "So in this regard I would call on the President of Russia, Mr. Putin, asking him to use the armed forces of the Russian Federation to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order, stability and defending the people of Ukraine."
Churkin held up a copy of the letter for council members to see.
Voice of Russia, AFP
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_04/Yanukovych-asked-Putin-for-troops-in-Ukraine-Russian-UN-envoy-8344/
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****VIDEO: Выступление постоянного представителя РФ при ООН Виталий Чуркина на Совете безопасности ООН 4 марта 2014 года. Заседание было созвано по инициативе России и посвящено Украине.
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Ukraine's Yanukovych asked for troops, Russia tells UN...
ReplyDeleteOusted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russia to send troops across the border to protect civilians, Moscow's UN envoy has claimed.
Vitaly Churkin told a Security Council meeting Mr Yanukovych wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
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ReplyDeleteLe président ukrainien déchu Viktor Ianoukovitch a demandé au président russe Vladimir Poutine l'aide militaire de son pays "pour défendre la population ukrainienne", a affirmé lundi l'ambassadeur russe à l'ONU.
S'exprimant devant le Conseil de sécurité, Vitali Tchourkine a cité un "message" en ce sens adressé à M. Poutine dans lequel M. Ianoukovitch affirme que "l'Ukraine est au bord de la guerre civile à la suite des événements intervenus à Kiev". "Des vies sont menacées (...) des gens persécutés", ajoute le message cité par l'ambassadeur. L'ex-président ukrainien y "demande l'utilisation des forces armées de la fédération de Russie pour protéger la population ukrainienne", a-t-il ajouté. L'intervention russe en Crimée n'a pour objectif que de "défendre nos compatriotes et nos citoyens", a également déclaré l'ambassadeur, répétant la position de Moscou. M. Ianoukovitch est toujours le président légitime de l'Ukraine, même si son autorité est "insignifiante", a estimé lundi le Premier ministre russe Dmitri Medvedev. La Russie a accepté d'assurer la protection de M. Ianoukovitch sur le territoire russe. Le président déchu est réapparu vendredi pour la première fois depuis sa destitution pour donner une conférence de presse dans la ville russe de Rostov-sur-le-Don (sud). (Belga)
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