Russia Warns Ukraine Against Using Civilians as Human Shields After UNSC Drops Resolution | Farsnews Agency

(FNA)- Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, warned Ukraine against using civilians as human shields after the UN Security Council failed to adopt a Moscow-drafted humanitarian resolution.
"Our draft contains such key elements as a call for establishment of a ceasefire and the establishment of humanitarian pauses for the purposes of the conduct of safe and unhindered evacuation for the civilian population as well as the possibility for safe and unhindered evacuation from Ukraine for all of those who expressed a desire to do so without discrimination on any grounds," Nebenzia told a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, Sputnik reported.

The envoy also said Russia is asking Ukraine not to attack any critical infrastructure objects or place any heavy military equipment in residential and densely-populated areas to ensure the protection of humanitarian and medical personnel, the wounded and the ill, and of civilians, as well as ensure the humane treatment of detainees.

In addition, Nebenzia added that Moscow calls on all parties not to politicize the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the UN Security Council rejected a humanitarian resolution from Russia that called for a negotiated ceasefire in Ukraine. Only Russia and China voted in favor of the resolution, while 13 members of the UN Security Council, including the US, the UK and France - abstained from voting on Russia's draft resolution, and no countries voted against.