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Topic:
Propaganda
Country:
United Nation
Issue:
Disinformation
Article ID:
84
Title:
Russian Federation uses UN Security Council for informational operations
Author:
Kateryna Serohina
Date:
January 23, 2024
Source:
RBC Ukraine
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The Russian Federation is utilizing the UN Security Council to advance its information operations. The campaign's goal is to persuade international partners to cease providing weapons to Ukraine, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In the report, it is noted that on January 22, Russia called a meeting of the UN Security Council. During the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Western countries of refusing to negotiate, stating that Moscow has always been ready for dialogue. At the same time, according to the ISW, the minister clarified that Russia is interested solely in negotiations on removing the current Ukrainian government from power, confirming that Moscow still officially seeks a change of regime in Ukraine. "Lavrov continued to deny Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty, falsely claiming that the Ukrainian people have no interests in the war against Russia and that the West has pushed Ukraine to continue the war. Lavrov advised the West to understand that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s peace formula is a path to nowhere, claiming that the sooner [the West] realizes this, the better it will be for both Ukraine and the West," the report states. During the UN Security Council meeting, the head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also claimed that if Ukraine stops fighting, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian lives will be saved. ISW notes that he had previously voiced similar messages, implying that Russia could occupy more territory during the war, further weakening Ukraine's negotiating position. Additionally, during the meeting, Lavrov denied the Kremlin's responsibility for concerns that Russia might attack NATO in the future, ignoring recent official statements of Moscow expressing such worries...Lavrov also asserted that Russians and Ukrainians will live like brothers and good neighbors after Russia achieves its goals in the war in Ukraine, which ISW continues to evaluate as Ukraine's capitulation and surrender...According to the Institute for the Study of War, these threatening messages are an attempt to sow instability and create information conditions for possible future aggressive actions by Russia against NATO members and other post-Soviet states.
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