Russians should know true cost of war in Ukraine – US at UN Security Council

John Kelley, Minister Counsellor at the US mission to the UN, has said that Russians should know what price they are actually paying for the war in Ukraine.

Source: Kelley during a meeting of the UN Security Council, quoted by Ukrinform

Quote: "...Ordinary Russian civilians are also bearing the brunt of the Kremlin’s brutal war. Just as we discuss issues openly and plainly in this Chamber, Putin should be honest with his own people about the true and mounting cost of his war."

Details: Kelley stressed that the cost of war for the Russians is not only the hundreds of thousands of lives lost on the battlefield, the families torn apart, and the many people forced to flee abroad from Putin’s regime.

"[It’s] also the bleaker economic future for those who remain," the diplomat said.

"It is his [Putin’s - ed.] war of choice and one that seeks to seize the sovereign territory of another UN Member State and subjugate the people of Ukraine to his will," Kelley said.

Previously: The United States accused Russia of deliberately distracting the UN Security Council with the topic of Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, which took place a decade ago, while Moscow was preparing its largest-ever air attack on Ukrainian cities.

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