AFP, Sputnik and Europa Press
La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, December 18, 2024, p. 21
Moscow. The Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Antonio Guterres, yesterday called on Russia and Ukraine to do not escalate the warafter the attack on General Igor Kirilov, while the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, refused to comment on the event, but told the CNN news network that definitely the Russian army had used chemical weapons and other agents to kill, maim and harm Ukrainian people and soldiers.
The UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, also urged them to refrain from acts that could further aggravate tensions.
A US official, quoted by the AFP news agency, said that Washington was not informed in advance and I was not aware of the operation against the head of the Russian army’s chemical weapons division, after kyiv claimed responsibility for the murder.
We do not support or allow these types of activitiesThe official added about the death of Kirilov, 54, who was sanctioned in October by the United Kingdom due to the alleged deployment of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Western foreign ministries hardly reacted to the attack that occurred in Moscow. A British government spokesman stated that they would not mourn the death of “an individual who participated in an illegal invasion and imposed suffering and death on the Ukrainian people.
Former Russian president and current vice president of the country’s Security Council, Dimitri Medvediev, warned of a inevitable punishment against kyiv for the death of the general and one of his assistants.
Attempts to intimidate our people, stop the advance of the Russian army and incite fear are doomed to failureMedvediev added.
The deputy head of Russia’s permanent mission to the UN, Dimitri Polianski, stated that at the next meeting of the United Nations Security Council they will consider discussing the attack.
We will definitely raise the issue at the UN Security Council meeting we requested for December 20 on the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine and its impact on the prospects for a peaceful solution to the Ukrainian crisis.Polianskim noted.
Those responsible for this crime must receive the punishment they deserve and face the unequivocal condemnation of the entire international community.the official emphasized on his official Telegram channel.