Key Takeaways
- The deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine requires a UN mandate, as emphasized by Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia.
- Peacekeepers deployed without a UN mandate will become legitimate military targets for the Russian military.
- The UN Security Council has the authority to issue a mandate for deploying peacekeepers in Ukraine.
Washington: Deployment of peacekeepers in Ukraine requires the UN mandate, otherwise they will become legitimate targets for the Russian military, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia told RIA Novosti.
“Given the general fatigue from the Ukrainian crisis, various rumors are really starting to circulate, including such outlandish ones. It must be clearly understood: no ‘peacekeepers’ can act without a mandate from the UN Security Council,” Nebenzia said.
“Otherwise, any foreign military contingents sent to the combat zone will be, from the point of view of international law, ordinary combatants and a legitimate military target for our armed forces,” he added
