US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking at today's meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, said that Russia "

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“As we warned earlier this year, there should no longer be any doubt that Russia intends to destroy Ukraine as a geopolitical entity and completely remove it from the map of the world,” said Thomas-Greenfield..

In turn, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky accused Western states of waging a proxy war against Russia by supplying the Ukrainian military with weapons..

“The denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine will be carried out in full,” Polyansky said, using the terminology the Kremlin uses to describe a war being waged against a neighboring country.. “There should no longer be a threat from this state either for Donbass, or for Russia, or for the liberated Ukrainian territories.”.

UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo stated that the military conflict in Ukraine has entered a “more protracted phase” and “unfortunately, the political dialogue has practically ceased”.

China, in turn, took the opportunity to accuse the United States of applying double standards, drawing parallels between respect for Ukraine's sovereignty and China's sovereignty over Taiwan..

“Despite the fact that some countries have repeatedly stressed the principle of sovereignty over the Ukraine issue, they constantly challenge China's sovereignty over Taiwan and even deliberately create tension in the Taiwan Strait,” said Geng Shuang, apparently referring to the United States..

The diplomat said that China's determination to defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity should not be underestimated..

“I hope that the interested party sees this clearly and does not play with fire,” Geng said..

Recall that Beijing is concerned about the possible visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to the island of Taiwan, which the Chinese authorities consider an integral part of China..