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Ukraine’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Khrystyna Haiovyshyn, urged the world to respond decisively to Russian terror so that Moscow experiences the consequences on its own soil.
Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Friday, Haiovyshyn stated:
“Russia has escalated its terror campaign, launching brutal drone and missile attacks deliberately targeting civilians across the country.”
She expressed particular concern over the use of FPV drones by Russian forces to deliberately kill civilians, including children.
“Increased military support for Ukraine is vital. It is not about ‘prolonging the war,’ as Russia falsely claims, but about stopping its aggressive invasion,” she said.
“If the aggressor state does not feel the consequences on its own territory, it will never end its colonial war.”
Haiovyshyn also accused Russia of trying to legitimize its occupation through militarization, Russification, and the forced assimilation of Ukrainian children.
“Under the guise of education and so-called ‘patriotic’ programs, Russia pursues a nationalist agenda — integrating local youth into military structures, erasing Ukrainian identity, and fostering loyalty to the Kremlin regime.”
She condemned the involvement of children in militarized groups such as Yunarmiya and Movement of the First, which she said form a mobilization reserve for future Russian wars — not only against Ukraine, but against the entire West.
“These instruments of military propaganda are disturbingly reminiscent of North Korea.”
She also described Russia’s policy of forced demographic change in occupied territories — relocating Russian citizens under the guise of housing benefits while coercing Ukrainians to accept Russian citizenship or face deportation from their homeland.
“The Kremlin is preparing legislation to forcibly remove so-called ‘foreigners’ from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories if they do not ‘regularize’ their legal status,” she said, calling it a clear violation of international humanitarian law.
Haiovyshyn warned against any attempts to normalize relations with Moscow:
“There can be no normalization of aggression through normalization of relations with the aggressor state — the Russian Federation. Nor should Russia continue to be treated as a so-called ‘influential power.’ Influence must come with responsibility.”
She concluded by quoting Ukrainian philosopher Hryhorii Skovoroda:
“It is honorable to be hated by bad people,” adding, “In the case of Russia, we say: it is honorable to be hated by a rotten state.”
Background:
The UN recently reported that civilian casualties in Ukraine have reached the highest level for the same period in the last three years due to intensified Russian attacks.
