Olof Skoog, European Union representative at the United Nations: “Despite tireless diplomatic efforts, including at the highest level, Russia has decided to turn its back to peace, to the rules-based international order as defined, inter alia, in the U.N. charter to diplomacy and to the international community. Russia’s military attack against Ukraine has already caused an alarming number of deaths, injured, internally displaced and refugees. We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by armed forces of the Russian Federation in violation of Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. We also condemn the involvement of Belarus in this aggression against Ukraine, and we call on both Russia and Belarus to abide by their international obligations.”
“We’re also alarmed by Russia’s raising of the nuclear alert level. We call on Russia to de-escalate and to immediately return to the previous alert level of its nuclear arsenal and to avoid any actions that could risk the safety or security of the nuclear power plants in Ukraine, a non-nuclear weapon state under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.”
“Russia bears full responsibility for this aggression and the resulting destruction and loss of life. We demand from Russia to cease its military operations, immediately and unconditionally, and to withdraw all forces and military equipment from the entire territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. We further call on Russia to engage in earnest, in dialogue with a view to political and diplomatic solution.”
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