Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya, said that members of the UN Security Council listen to the language of war every day, referring to speeches by Russian representatives.
In a speech at the UN Security Council on January 10, he emphasized that Russian is "the language in which the occupiers received orders to launch a full-scale aggression against Ukraine."
According to Kyslytsya, it is the Russian language that victims hear "when they are raped in front of their families, it is the language that many Ukrainian civilians hear before being executed."
"As we know very well, in particular from the works of Leo Tolstoy, before the Bolshevik coup, the Russian Empire used French, not Russian, as its everyday language," he emphasized.
Kyslytsya also added that it was the language of Russian diplomacy before the Bolsheviks came to power, "who are now in power in the Kremlin."
Kyslytsya then advised the Russian delegation to "use the services of an interpreter" and switched to French "in recognition of the contribution that France, Switzerland and many other peace-loving countries have made to peace and security."
Члени Радбезу щодня слухають мову війни - виступи представників Росії. «Це мова, якою окупанти отримали наказ розпочати повномасштабну агресію проти України. Це мова, яку чують жертви, коли їх ґвалтують на очах у рідних. Це мова, яку чують багато українських цивільних перед… pic.twitter.com/4bSrZabf3t
— Sergiy Kyslytsya (@SergiyKyslytsya) January 10, 2024
