Russia remains ‘open to diplomacy’ over Ukraine: UN ambassador

UNITED NATIONS: Russian envoy to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya on Monday mentioned Moscow stays “open to diplomacy” however confused the necessity to defend separatist areas from what he dubbed Ukrainian aggression.
“We stay open to diplomacy for a diplomatic answer,” he mentioned throughout an emergency UN Safety Council assembly. “Nevertheless, permitting a brand new massacre within the Donbass is one thing we don’t intend to do.”
The emergency session adopted Vladimir Putin’s order for Russian troops to deploy to the breakaway areas, a transfer roundly decried in the course of the assembly by the USA and allies.