Russia will not participate in Thursday’s special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Ukraine, its foreign ministry said today.
The Council announced on Monday that it would hold a special session at Kyiv’s request to examine “the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression”.
But Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that “the Russian delegation will not legitimise with its presence this new political show organised under the guise of an extraordinary session”.
She said Russia’s arguments and explanations on the “true objectives of this special military operation and the real situation on the ground have been completely ignored”.
“It is evident that they will not be heard this time either” during the West’s “new anti-Russian measure,” she said.
BBC News.
