RT-Engels: 27-05-2025,
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz earlier said Kiev is not bound by range restrictions on weapons supplied to the country
Russia has requested a UN Security Council meeting to address what it sees as attempts by EU countries to derail the peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Dmitry Polyansky, the first deputy permanent representative to the UN, has said. The announcement came after Germany said Ukraine has been permitted to strike targets deep into Russian territory using Western-supplied weapons.
In a statement on Telegram on Tuesday, Polyansky said the session is expected to take place at 10am New York time (14:00 GMT) on Friday, and will focus on “threats to international peace” posed by Kiev’s backers. According to Polyansky, the session is a mirror response to a similar meeting requested by “the European sponsors of the Kiev regime on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine,” scheduled the day prior.
The diplomat suggested that Kiev’s backers convened their meeting because they grew impatient waiting for the results of the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul and for a reaction from US President Donald Trump, who has positioned himself as a key mediator in the conflict. “They feel it is important to them to keep the Ukrainian topic afloat at the Security Council, even at the risk of misjudging the tone favored by the new US administration,” Polyansky said.
The move came after Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany and its allies no longer have range restrictions in place on weapons provided to Ukraine,