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Britain tells UN: Russia's escalating strikes belie its talk of peace

Britain tells UN: Russia's escalating strikes belie its talk of peace

Britain told the UN Security Council that Russia is intensifying its attacks on civilians and infrastructure while talking about peace, announced 38 new…

--- The context --- The UN Security Council met again on Ukraine, just two weeks after presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers used the General Assembly to call for de-escalation. Moscow's answer, according to the British statement, was more war: intensified attacks that belie any talk of peace. --- The facts --- The three days before the session tell the story. A Russian glide bomb killed at least 33 civilians on a bus in Kramatorsk; on Wednesday, airstrikes killed at least 30 civilians; in Chernihiv, a cruise missile flattened a residential building, killing 22 people, including five children. On Tuesday, two Ukrainian Red Cross workers were injured while aiding victims of a Russian attack in the Zaporizhzhia region. Just three days of the 1,688 days since the full-scale invasion began. The campaign reaches beyond the front: hundreds of drones and missiles strike electricity and heating infrastructure every day, Russian drones hit civilian bridges in central Kyiv in broad daylight, and strikes on Black Sea ports and merchant shipping threaten global food supplies. Thousands of civilians are trapped in Russian-occupied Oleshky, short of food, water and medical care — a situation even the Kremlin calls critical. --- The positions --- Britain demanded that Russia honor its obligations under international humanitarian law: an occupying power must ensure food, medical supplies and healthcare, or allow rapid humanitarian relief. London warned that directly targeting civilian infrastructure may constitute a war crime and announced 38 new designations on those supplying Russia's military with critical goods. According to the British statement, President Zelenskyy has made clear time and again Ukraine's willingness to accept an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, while President Putin refuses and escalates. --- What remains unknown --- The exact damage to the energy grid ahead of winter, the real condition of civilians trapped in Oleshky, and whether the 38 designations will strain Russia's supply chains remain unclear. It is also unknown whether the Security Council will adopt any concrete measures. --- Unanswered questions --- What steps will the Security Council take beyond statements? How will humanitarian access to Oleshky be guaranteed if Russia ignores its obligations? What effect will the new British designations have on Russia's military capacity? --- EPM analysis --- The British statement draws a clear line: when a government bombs homes, bridges and power grids while rejecting a ceasefire, talking about peace is a strategy, not a policy. The 38 designations show sanctions remain the available tool, but their impact comes through attrition and takes months. Europe has room to widen that pressure on supply chains. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the Security Council session confirms that Moscow's peace rhetoric does not survive scrutiny of the facts: 1,688 days of war and three straight days of civilian strikes say otherwise. Britain was right to turn condemnation into concrete measures, though designations alone will not stop the bombing. The question is no longer whether Russia wants peace, but what cost the world is willing to impose for rejecting it.
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