Kuwait rejects Russian military attack in Ukraine

By Mohamed Tariq

KUWAIT CITY (AA) – Kuwait has categorically rejected Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine.

Kuwait’s permanent mission to the United Nations issued a statement after the UN Security Council failed to adopt a draft resolution condemning the Russian attack on Ukraine due to the Russian veto.

The statement underlined the “unequivocal rejection of the Russian military attack on Ukraine and the use of force between states.”

"Kuwait stresses respect for Ukraine’s independence and sovereignty of Ukraine,” it said.

Kuwait was the only Arab country to vote in favor of the draft resolution.

Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine entered its third day on Saturday, with latest reports indicating clashes between Russian and Ukrainian troops in the capital Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military intervention Thursday, days after recognizing two separatist-held enclaves in eastern Ukraine. He claimed that Moscow had no plan to occupy its western neighbor, but wanted to “demilitarize” and “denazify” Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Moscow of trying to install a puppet government, vowing that Ukrainians will defend their country against Russian aggression.

*Writing by Bassel Barakat in Ankara