The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has appealed to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for humanitarian response in the areas of the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
Ukraine's Appeal to the UN and the ICRC: What is Known
The appeal to the UN and the ICRC was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on September 16.
The appeal to these organizations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasizes, was prompted by the humanitarian situation and the need to properly ensure fundamental human rights in the territory of the Kursk region.
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– Ukraine, observing all the norms and principles of international humanitarian law and human rights, exercising effective control over certain areas of the Kursk region, strictly observes its international obligations in the field of international humanitarian law, in particular on the protection of the civilian population during military operations, – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine notes.
From the first days of the Kursk operation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues, the Defense Forces of Ukraine, as a civilized European army, demonstrated high professionalism and full compliance with the principles of international humanitarian law.
Civilians in the territory of the Kursk region, Ukrainian diplomats note, have received and are receiving humanitarian aid, basic humanitarian needs are met, and there is the possibility of leaving the combat zones.
To ensure fundamental human rights in the territory of the Kursk region, the Ukrainian foreign ministry sent a note to the UN with a request to join the humanitarian response measures in this territory.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also called on the International Committee of the Red Cross, as the guarantor of international humanitarian law, to join in humanitarian response measures and monitor compliance with the principles of international humanitarian law in accordance with the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 1949.
– Ukraine confirms its strict compliance with its international obligations in the above-mentioned areas and is ready to provide comprehensive assistance to the activities of UN and ICRC staff in the specified territories, – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine assures.
The Kremlin’s reaction to the MFA’s appeal to the UN and ICRC
The Kremlin’s reaction to the MFA’s appeal to the UN and ICRC was immediate wait.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov called Ukraine's appeal to international organizations a “provocation.”
– We hope that such provocative statements will not be perceived by the addressees. This is a provocation, – Vladimir Putin's spokesman noted during a briefing in Russia.
The Foreign Ministry's reaction to the Kremlin's statements
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry noted that such statements by the Kremlin are “quite eloquent”.
According to the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Georgy Tykhy, the Kremlin's reaction to Ukraine's proposal to involve the UN and the ICRC in humanitarian efforts in the Kursk region “testifies to Russia's disregard for its own people and their humanitarian needs, as well as its fear that international observers will see the real situation”.
We remind you that the operation of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation has been going on since August 6.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 936 days.
The situation in the cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.
