Greece has called for an immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine and urged the resumption of direct peace negotiations during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council convened at Ukraine’s request. The Security Council met following recent large-scale Russian attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine. According to UN officials, at least one civilian was killed and more than a dozen others were injured during an overnight strike on 19 July, which also damaged homes and civilian infrastructure.
Ukrainian authorities described the assault as one of the largest and most intense since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. UN officials warned that the escalating conflict and continued attacks on Black Sea ports are exacting a heavy toll on civilians, disrupting maritime trade and threatening global food security. They also reiterated that attacks targeting civilians, civilian infrastructure and nuclear facilities violate international humanitarian law.
Most members of the Security Council called for an immediate ceasefire and stronger protection for civilians, urging both sides to return to negotiations aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace. Greece condemns attacks on civilians Greece’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Aglaia Balta, strongly condemned the Russian attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, saying they had caused civilian casualties and widespread destruction. She also condemned the attack on Latvia’s Honorary Consulate in Sloviansk and expressed Greece’s full solidarity with both Ukraine and Latvia.
Ambassador Balta reaffirmed Greece’s call for an immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire to create the conditions necessary for the resumption of direct peace negotiations. She said any negotiated settlement should be based on international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter. Ukraine accuses Russia of repeated war crimes Ukraine’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Volodymyr Pavlychenko, invoked Robert H.
Jackson, the chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, as he accused the international community of continuing to tolerate what he described as repeated war crimes committed by the Russian Federation. He alleged that Moscow was fabricating pretexts to justify what Ukraine considers its illegal war of aggression and inventing artificial threats to conceal de…
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