Maintenance of Peace and Security of Ukraine - Security Council, 9924th meeting

‘Instead of steps towards peace, we have witnessed a brutal surge in large-scale Russian attacks across’ Ukraine, Under-Secretary-General tells Security Council.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:06:57
• Production Date: 29 May 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ROSEMARY A. DICARLO
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND PEACEBUILDING AFFAIRS - DPPA; UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: DRONE AIRCRAFT; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS; PEACE PROCESS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; DISPLACED PERSONS; HEALTH CARE
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 3402371
• Parent Id: 3401791
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 9924 UKRAINE 29 MAY 2025 PM

Description

Rather than progress towards peace following direct negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul earlier in May, the Security Council heard today that the month’s closing days have instead witnessed Moscow intensify attacks on its neighbour. 

“Instead of steps towards peace, we have witnessed a brutal surge in large-scale Russian attacks across the country,” reported Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. Following three consecutive nights of Russian Federation attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns with “record numbers” of long-range missiles and drones, she said that another attack on 26 May — which employed 355 drones — was, according to Ukrainian officials, the largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. “This topped the previous record from the night before,” she observed. 

• Briefer: Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs 
• Briefer: Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director, Financing and Partnerships Division, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 
• Statements: All Council members 
• Statements: Ukraine, Czechia 
• Statement: Estonia (on behalf of: Baltic States) 
• Statement: Poland 
• Statement: Iceland (on behalf of: Nordic countries) 
• Statement: His Excellency Stavros Lambrinidis, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations 

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