Russia says West willing to ‘plunge world into abyss’ to defeat it

Russia’s UN ambassador has accused the West of being prepared to sacrifice Ukraine and the developing world in order to beat Russia and maintain global power. 

“In this desire of theirs to defeat Russia in any way possible, they cannot just sacrifice Ukraine, they are ready to plunge the entire world into the abyss of war,” Vasily Nebenzya said in the UN General Assembly special meeting on Wednesday.

Nebenzya said it’s not Ukraine that is fighting Russia, but rather it is a collective West. He said the West is closing its eyes on “neo-Nazism in Ukraine”, and only Russophobia is growing.

“All decorum is set aside, and the goal is to inflict strategic defeat on my country. The US thinks the planet is their turf,” the Russian envoy said.

Friday will mark a year since Russia launched what it calls “a special military operation” to “denazify” and “demilitarize” Ukraine.

Nebenzya said the US and its European allies "are competing against each other in the number of sanctions that are imposed on my country, whereas these sanctions in actual fact are hitting the developing world hardest”.

West not willing to engage in Ukraine peace efforts: Kremlin

Belarus has suggested arranging a meeting between Russian and US leaders.

During the session, UN head Antonio Guterres said the war was “fanning regional instability and fueling global tensions and divisions, while diverting attention and resources from other crises and pressing global issues.”

More than 60 countries are scheduled to address the General Assembly later this week, which is expected to vote on a draft resolution stressing “the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine” in line with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

Nebenzya said Moscow is ready for a solution, but “the draft resolution submitted here will not help this at all".

"It will rather encourage the West, which will continue its militaristic line, using the UN as a cover,” he added.

Putin blames West for Ukraine war, suspends nuclear treaty with US

In a state-of-the-nation address in Moscow on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western countries of fanning the flames of the war in Ukraine.

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western countries of fanning the flames of the year-long war. He said Moscow was not fighting the people of Ukraine, adding Ukrainians had become “a hostage of the Kiev regime and its Western masters, which have effectively occupied the country.”

“I would like to repeat: they started the war, and we used force in order to stop it,” Putin said, adding Moscow had pushed to end the conflict between separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine, which started in 2014, through negotiations.

Rallying NATO allies in Poland, Biden vows unwavering support for Ukraine

US President Joe Biden has arrived in Poland after an unannounced visit to Ukraine, and rallied NATO allies, stressing "unwavering" support for the ex-Soviet republic in its current war with Russia.

In response, US President Joe Biden pledged that the West’s support for Kiev “will not waver.” He also promised that the conflict in Ukraine will never be a win for Russia.

This week, the US announced an additional aid package to Ukraine worth $500 which will include more military equipment and weapons like anti-tank Javelin missiles.

Many countries, including the US, Germany, France, and the UK, have been fanning the flames of the conflict by sending Kiev tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons, including rocket systems, drones, armored vehicles, tanks, and communication systems.

Western countries have also imposed a slew of economic sanctions on Moscow. The Kremlin has said the sanctions and the Western military assistance will only prolong the war.

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