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Diamars 1 Februari 2022

Russia, U.S. exchange harsh words over Ukraine at UN

forces from Eastern Europe. tempt to push Ukraine and say is in our statement today.
NATO and the U.S. call its partners into a Kafka However, we really just don’t
those nonstarters. trap?” Kyslytsva asked. understand what threats and
provocations and escalation
Russian Ambassador Vassily The vote on holding an open by Russia is being talked
Nebenzia accused the Biden meeting passed 10-2, with about.”
administration of “whipping Russia and China opposed,
up tensions and rhetoric and and India, Gabon and Kenya U.S. President Joe Biden said
provoking escalation.” abstaining. The vote needed in a statement that the meet-
nine votes to be approved. ing was “a critical step in ral-
“You are almost pulling for lying the world to speak out
this,” he said, looking at China’s Ambassador Zhang in one voice” to reject the use
Thomas-Greenfield. “You Jun said he voted against of force, seek military de-es-
want it to happen. You’re the public meeting because calation, support diplomacy
waiting for it to happen, as if “what is urgently needed and demand accountability
you want to make your words now is quiet diplomacy, not from every member “to re-
become a reality.” megaphone diplomacy.” frain from military aggres-
(AP) — Russia accused she said. sion against its neighbors.”
the West on Monday of He blamed the U.S. for the The U.S. and its allies had
“whipping up tensions” The harsh exchanges in the 2014 ouster of a Kremlin- pressed to hold the meeting Russian Foreign Minis-
over Ukraine and said the Security Council came as friendly president in Kyiv, Monday, the last day of Nor- ter Sergey Lavrov and U.S.
U.S. had brought “pure Moscow lost an attempt to saying it brought to power way’s rotating presidency of Secretary of State Antony
Nazis” to power in Kyiv as block the meeting and re- “nationalists, radicals, Russo- the council, before Russia Blinken didn’t make any vis-
the U.N. Security Council flected the gulf between phobes and pure Nazis,” and takes over Tuesday for the ible progress in easing the
held a stormy and belli- the two nuclear powers. It created the antagonism that month of February. tensions at their meeting in
cose debate on Moscow’s was the first open session exists between Ukraine and Geneva earlier this month.
troop buildup near its where all protagonists in the Russia. Any formal action by the Se- They are expected to speak
southern neighbor. Ukraine crisis spoke publicly, curity Council is extremely by phone Tuesday, according
even though the U.N.’s most “If they hadn’t done this, then unlikely, given Russia’s veto to the Russian Foreign Min-
U.S. Ambassador Linda powerful body took no ac- we to date would be living in power and its ties with oth- istry. A senior State Depart-
Thomas-Greenfield shot tion. a spirit of good neighborly re- ers on the council, including ment official confirmed the
back that Russia’s grow- lations and mutual coopera- China. Russian account.
ing military force of more Although more high-level tion,” Nebenzia said. “How-
than 100,000 troops along diplomacy is expected this ever, some in the West just After all 15 council members Biden warned Ukrainian
Ukraine’s borders was “the week, talks between the U.S. don’t clearly like this positive spoke, the U.S. and Russia President Volodymyr Zelen-
largest mobilization” in Eu- and Russia have so far failed scenario. What’s happening sparred again, with Thomas- skyy in a phone call Thursday
rope in decades, adding there to ease tensions in the crisis, today is yet another attempt Greenfield saying she was that there is a “distinct possi-
has been a spike in cyberat- with the West saying Moscow to drive a wedge between “disappointed” in Nebenzia’s bility” Russia could begin an
tacks and Russian disinfor- is preparing for an invasion. Russia and Ukraine.” comments. incursion in February, but
mation. Russia denies it is planning the Ukrainian leader sought
to attack. It demands pledges Nebenzia pointedly left “I say to Russia simply this: to play down the war fears,
“And they are attempting, that Ukraine will never join the council chamber as the Your actions will speak for saying Western alarm over
without any factual basis, to NATO, a halt to the deploy- Ukrainian Ambassador Ser- themselves,” he said. an imminent invasion has
paint Ukraine and Western ment of NATO weapons giy Kyslytsya started to speak. prompted many investors in
countries as the aggressors to near Russian borders, and “How long Russia will pres- Nebenzia shot back: “Ev- the country’s financial mar-
fabricate a pretext for attack,” a rollback of the alliance’s sure, will pursue a clear at- erything that we wanted to kets to cash out.

African Union suspends Burkina Faso after coup last week

(AP) — The African Union has of the United Nations Office for began Saturday when a West Afri-
suspended Burkina Faso until West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat can military delegation arrived. The Speaking to the nation last week for
constitutional order is restored in Saleh Annadif, arrived in the capital, junta has said that Kabore has not ad- the first since seizing power, Damiba
the West African country, the or- Ouagadougou, Monday to assess the equately addressed extremist violence said he would restore security and or-
ganization announced in a tweet situation, according to the U.N. in Burkina Faso, which has killed der and unite the country. He warned
on Monday. thousands and displaced more than that the new regime would not toler-
An ECOWAS summit is also sched- 1.5 million people. ate betrayal.
The suspension of Burkina Faso uled on Thursday in Ghana to dis-
comes a week after mutinous soldiers cuss the situations in Burkina Faso
ousted democratically elected Presi- and Mali, which is also under harsh
dent Roch Marc Christian Kabore in economic and travel sanctions after
a coup, citing his inability to stem ji- its coup leader failed to organize elec-
hadi violence. tions within 18 months.

The 15-nation West African group On Monday afternoon Burkina Faso’s
ECOWAS had already suspended junta announced that the leader of
Burkina Faso last week, making it the the Patriotic Movement for Safe-
third nation in the regional bloc — guarding and Restoration, Lt. Col.
after Mali and Guinea — to be pun- Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, is the
ished for military takeovers in a year country’s new president. Reading an
and a half. The suspensions mean the announcement on state television, Lt.
countries cannot participate in any Col. Cyprien Kabore, a spokesman
meetings or decision-making, offi- for the junta also said the head of the
cials said. intelligence unit and the army’s chief
of staff had been fired but didn’t say
While no sanctions have been im- who was replacing them.
posed on Burkina Faso, a joint del-
egation with ECOWAS and the head Talks with Damiba and ECOWAS