The Kremlin describes the accusations of Moscow's responsibility for the Nord Stream attack as "stupid"

The United Nations affirms its adherence to the territorial integrity of Ukraine

A Ukrainian tank moves in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, which witnessed a referendum on joining Russia.

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The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, reiterated, during a meeting of the Security Council, the day before yesterday, the international organization's adherence to the "territorial integrity of Ukraine" within its "recognized borders", while the "Kremlin" said that accusations that Russia is responsible What about a possible attack, targeting two foolish Nord Stream pipelines, adding that the United States opposed the pipelines, and that its companies reaped huge profits from gas supplies to Europe.

"Let me reiterate that the United Nations remains fully committed to the sovereignty, unity, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, within its internationally recognized borders," DiCarlo said at the start of a meeting of the UN Security Council.

During the session, a pre-recorded intervention of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was broadcast, in which he said that his country could not negotiate with Moscow after the "referendums" organized in four Ukrainian regions to join Russia.

"Russia's recognition of phony referendums as normal, its implementation of the same scenario that it applied in Crimea, and its further attempt to annex part of Ukrainian territory, all this means that we do not have to negotiate with the current Russian president," Zelensky said.

The speech of the Ukrainian president was broadcast at the session prior to the release of the results of the referendums that took place in the four regions, all of which were overwhelmingly in favor of joining Russia.

Like many members of the Security Council, the Ukrainian president denounced the "farce" of its results.

He added that "the annexation of territories is the most heinous violation of the Charter of the United Nations," calling for Russia to be "excluded from all international organizations," or at least suspend its membership in these organizations.

The Ukrainian president appealed to the Security Council to act against Russia.

"There is a need for a clear signal from all countries of the world," he said.

"I believe in your ability to act," he added.

In addition, the United States and Albania intend to put forward a “draft resolution condemning referendums, calling on member states not to recognize any modified status of Ukraine, and calling on Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukraine,” according to the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

She added that if Russia used its veto to "protect itself" from this resolution, "we will turn our attention to the General Assembly to send an unequivocal message to Moscow," explaining that this vote could take place at the end of this week or early next week.

Unlike the Security Council, the resolutions of the General Assembly of the 193 member states of the United Nations are issued by a majority and no country has the right to use the veto.

On the other hand, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, confirmed that the “referendums” were “transparent,” denouncing the “outburst of anger” and “propaganda” practiced by the West, which, according to him, aims to force his country to “submit.”

The pro-Russian authorities in the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia announced yesterday that they had asked President Vladimir Putin to annex them to Russia, the day after the vote on the annexation.

Yesterday, the European Union condemned the "results" of the Russian referendums held in Ukraine.

This comes at a time when Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that it was necessary to investigate a possible attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, adding that the time frame for repairing damage to the pipelines was not clear.

In response to a question about the accusations that Russia might be behind the possible attack, Peskov said, "It is completely expected, and as expected is stupid as well."

"This is a big problem for us, because the two Nord Stream lines are full of gas - the whole system is ready to pump gas and expensive gas," he said.

Now the gas is flying in the air.”

"Are we interested in that?" Peskov added.

No, we are not. We have lost a gas supply route to Europe.”

Europe is investigating what Germany, Denmark and Sweden said were attacks that caused major gas leaks in the Baltic Sea from two Russian gas pipelines amid an energy crisis.

"We see huge profits for American LNG suppliers, who have increased their supplies to the European continent exponentially," Peskov said.

They are very interested in getting more of their super profits.”

The United States plans to supply at least 15 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to the European Union markets this year, at a time when Europe seeks to dispense with supplies of Russian gas.

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