At the UN General Assembly, Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mariana Betsa stressed Russia continues to pursue war rather than peace, using terror and repression.
Mariana Betsa underscored that in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russia is persecuting Ukrainians for their views, carrying out arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances, while using education to impose Russian identity on Ukrainian children.
She called for stronger international pressure on Moscow and continued support for Ukraine, stressing that an immediate ceasefire must be the first step towards a just and lasting peace.