Radosław Sikorski in the UN. He talked about Russia, Ukraine and the USA

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski he spoke on Monday evening at the session of the General Assembly UN dedicated to the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

– Some of our Member States now seem to think that the end of the war at all costs and restoring the normal mode of conducting business with Russia will be beneficial. As a representative of a country neighboring with both Russia and Ukraine, I can tell you that by normalizing relations with Moscow, you would entrust your safety and economic stability to the Autocrat and a war criminal in the international environment much more unstable than a decade ago – said Sikorski.

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He emphasized that “this would not create a more fair global order.” – It would not benefit the countries dissatisfied with the current state of affairs, would not even bring more fair and prosperous Russia – he added.

He said that Russia's aggression is a classic colonial aggression. “The Kremlin's aggression is a manifestation of the desperate struggle of the falling empire to restore its influence zone,” said the minister.

After the discussion, the head of Polish diplomacy talked to journalists. He was asked, among others About whether he thinks it's time to stop isolating Russia.

– No, it's time to arm yourself. Even more intensively – he replied briefly.

He also talked about voting on the resolutions that occurred earlier. – The resolution sponsored by the European Union has undergone a convincing majority. The American resolution was also changed to reflect the facts and this resolution also passed – he pointed out. He also noted that “we have seen a traditional show of shoes, propaganda, lies and hypocrisy performed by the ambassador of the Russian Federation, to whom I traditionally reminded that Ukraine is a member of the UN for many decades longer than the Russian Federation.”

At the meeting in the afternoon they took place voting on two competitive resolutions. The first of them, the Ukrainian-European, demands the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces and called the war “Russian aggression”. 93 countries voted for her, there were 18, and 65 countries abstained. Among those against were, among others United States And Russia, but not Chinawho abstained. The document was accepted.

The resolution reported by the USA also underwent, which originally only talked about regret due to the “tragic loss of life in the conflict of the Russian Federation with Ukraine”, did not contain the condemnation of the Russian invasion and repeated that the main goal of the UN is to maintain international peace and security and peaceful resolution of disputes.

Her text was changed with amendments reported, among others through Poland. After them, the document says that War in Ukraine It is “an invasion of Ukraine on a full scale (made) by the Russian Federation.” The second amendment confirms “commitment to sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its international recognized boundaries”, and the third calls “to a fair, durable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine, which respects the principles of the United Nations Card and the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity “.

The US has criticized these amendments as “aimed at waging war rather than ending” and abstained from voting on their own document.