Russian acts of intimidation will on no account dampen our help for Ukraine (…)

Paris, 23 September 2025

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Mr Chair,

Eighty years in the past, women and men from each continent stood earlier than historical past and signed a pact for world peace and safety. It was 26 June 1945, in San Francisco. Thus, the United Nations was born and, in its Charter, these highly effective phrases have been engraved perpetually: “We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war…”

Eighty years later, Russia sounded a sinister echo when it violated probably the most important ideas of this founding textual content. Ever since 24 February 2022, Russia has been committing unjustifiable abuses in Ukraine.

The worldwide courts have taken up these crimes. In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin for deporting Ukrainian kids to Russia – despicably. Arrest warrants have likewise been issued to different Russian senior officers for assaults on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

As a results of its actions, Russia has been condemned by the UN General Assembly – in its March 2022 decision, February 2023 decision and February 2025 decision. Not to say its March 2014 decision. Nine instances now, the General Assembly has denounced the Russian invasion and referred to as for a ceasefire, for the respect of Ukraine’s integrity, and for a simply and lasting peace that’s in step with the UN Charter.

Despite all these condemnations, Vladimir Putin persists – with brutality, lies and uninhibited violence. Thousands of Russian lives have been sacrificed.

And to what finish? To fulfil his expansionist, colonialist ambitions.

And has he succeeded? Less than 1% of Ukraine has been conquered over the past 1,000 days of the warfare. The Russian economic system has been gutted. The Russian deficit is twice the quantity that was forecasted. Government income is down 17%. We will proceed to relentlessly strengthen sanctions as long as Russia refuses to work in direction of peace.

To masks these failures, the Kremlin is doubling down on violence.

Far from the entrance strains, civilians are dealing with deliberate, nonstop assaults. Every night time, a whole lot of drones and missiles rain down on properties, colleges and hospitals. All civilian objects have turn out to be targets, in flagrant violation of worldwide humanitarian legislation.

These crimes, along with the compelled disappearances, sexual violence and deportations – particularly the deportation of youngsters – are a part of a deliberate try by the Russian authorities to shatter the Ukrainians’ resilience and unity. The names of Ukraine’s ravaged cities – Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson – will reside on in our recollections as symbols of Russia’s lethal violence.

Because he is aware of that he’s cornered, Vladimir Putin is stepping up provocations in each space, with unacceptable incursions into Polish, Romanian and Estonian airspace, hybrid assaults, and disinformation campaigns that concentrate on our democracies.

These acts of intimidation will on no account dampen our help for Ukraine, which continues to face up towards Russia. They is not going to undermine European unity and our willpower inside NATO.

On 24 February of this 12 months, Security Council Resolution 2774, introduced by the United States and supported by Russia, demanded “a swift end to the conflict.” This decision should be absolutely applied.

Ukraine asks just one factor: respect for its proper to find out its personal future; respect for the “right of peoples to self-determination” that’s enshrined within the UN Charter. This precept is non-negotiable; it’s as legitimate in Kyiv as it’s in every single place else on the earth. It is the sine qua non of a nation’s existence. It is our duty to ensure it.

We is not going to enable Russia to flout the basic ideas of the Charter with impunity. The solely attainable consequence is a simply and lasting peace that’s in step with worldwide legislation and respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity.

Thank you./.