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11Jul14
Russia seeks action from UN Security Council on Ukraine
Russia on Friday circulated a document on the Ukraine crisis among the UN Security Council members which Moscow hoped would serve as the core of a resolution to end the three-month conflict.
The UN Security Council should express deep concerns about the civilian casualties, show support of the April 17 Geneva declaration and recent Berlin agreement on sustainable ceasefire, Vitaly Churkin, Russia's envoy to the UN, told the media about the text.
The document, which was sent to the council members electronically on Friday, also asked the council "to voice imperative demand addressed to the Ukrainian parties to conflict to cease violence," as well as to set up a special monitoring mission to help settle the conflict.
After two recent draft resolutions on Ukraine proposed by Moscow "stonewalled by some western countries," Russia has taken a different way by sending these "key elements" to the council members, Churkin said.
"We hope they would be the core of a resolution to be adopted by the Security Council," he said.
Churkin noted that the military operation in eastern Ukraine " tragically continues" and that the council should not allow the situation to "get out of hands."
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called off a 10-day ceasefire in Ukraine's east on July 1, blaming the insurgent forces for failing to observe the truce. The Ukrainian military then resumed its offensive in the states of Donetsk and Lugansk.
Russia on Thursday expressed its regrets over what it called expanded "punitive operation" in eastern Ukraine and called for the settlement of the Ukraine crisis as soon as possible.
[Source: Xinhua, United Nations, NY, 11Jul14]
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