UNITED NATIONS, United States: Ukraine’s UN ambassador on Thursday dismissed as “null and void” a decree by Russian President Vladimir Putin incorporating annexed Crimea into his country’s southern region.
Kiev asked the UN Security Council to issue a statement reaffirming Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in response to the decree, but Russia opposed the move.
“The decision is null and void as any other decision taken by Crimea so far,” Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko told reporters, adding that there was “indignation” in Kiev over the move.
Yelchenko circulated at draft statement calling on the Security Council to express its “deep concern” over Putin’s …read more
Source: theSun
