![]() Georgia stood in full solidarity with Ukraine, its representative said, condemning the invasion, the illegal sham referenda and annexation, which were gross violations of international law that severely undermined the international security architecture. ![]() Putin’s efforts to incorporate Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson into Russian Federation territory was a new low in that country’s blatant flouting of international law. More than seven months into the war, the disastrous impact on Ukraine, on the Russian Federation, itself, and on the world was clear, he said. “Try as it might, though, Russia cannot hide from the revulsion the world feels at its actions.” It portrayed itself as the victim when it was the aggressor, and it blamed everyone but itself for the consequences of its own choices. It repeatedly attempted to “justify the unjustifiable”, he said. The representative of the United Kingdom said the Russian Federation had resorted to desperate procedural manoeuvres to curtail any discussion of its war, or of the means and methods by which it pursued it. The Russian Federation, by launching an “unprovoked and barbaric invasion” of its neighbour, had trampled the fundamental principles of prohibiting the use of force against the territorial integrity and political independence of a State and cast a long shadow over disarmament, the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) heard as it continued its general debate. ![]() Massive Missile Attacks Targeting Civilians Destabilizes Global Order SEVENTY-SEVENTH SESSION, 6TH MEETING (PM)
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