The UN Security Council held its first emergency meeting on the situation in Ukraine this year.
Many countries once again called on Russia to stop military aggression, but Russia insisted that the military operation would end only when the threat from Ukraine disappeared.
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Ukraine was held for the first time on the 13th, with Japan serving as the chair country at the request of the United States and other countries. Opinions criticizing that it continued continued one after another.
Of these, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations Ishikane said, "Innocent citizens of Ukraine were attacked even during the New Year holidays. Energy facilities were destroyed in the cold winter, and the humanitarian situation worsened. Such attacks are totally unacceptable." He criticized Russia and once again called for the immediate withdrawal of its troops.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Greenfield also accused North Korea of providing weapons to Russian private military companies.
"As we enter the new year, the world is war-weary. Now is the time for all nations to unite and demand Russia to end this war," he said.
In response, Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Nebenzia asserted that ``the military operation will end only when there is no longer a threat to Russia from Ukrainian territory,'' justifying the military invasion again.