Ukraine in Arabic | UN warns about total war in Ukraine
KYIV/Ukraine in Arabic/ The UN fears the return to total war in Eastern Ukraine, said a senior official of the UN, on Wednesday, before opening meeting urgent meeting of the Security Council.
Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs, Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, caused the second possible scenario, namely the “frozen conflict that would maintain the status quo in the Eastern part of Ukraine in the course of years or decades”.
The third possible scenario is the continuation of the low noise of the conflict (…) for several months, with sporadic fighting low intensity followed by periods in which military actions and losses in personnel, grow”.
The first and the third scenario would be a disaster for Ukraine”, – said the representative of the United Nations.
This meeting was convened at the request of the United States to go to the log allegations about the actions of Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine, confirmed by NATO and the OSCE.
OSCE and NATO representatives again gave evidence of Russian weapons and men crossing the border into eastern Ukraine, confirming Kyiv’s accusation, but they were dismissed as “propaganda without proof” and “lies” by Russia’s UN ambassador.
The Council called on all signatories of the Minsk peace agreement to honor and respect its conditions and refrain from inciting violence.
However on the ground the violence is steadily ratcheting up with the OSCE saying the two-month ceasefire is now a virtual one.
In Kyiv on Wednesday the government announced it was redeploying the armed forces to the eastern front, where the defense minister said he expected an offensive at any time following the arrival of Russian reinforcements over the weekend.
Donetsk was the scene of heavy artillery exchanges on Wednesday, with fierce fighting continuing for the airport, and shells destroying more homes in residential areas.