4,000 Ukrainian refugees return to their home country from Israel

Ukraine a hundred times safer than Gaza – Vassily Nebenzia

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MOSCOW — On Tuesday, over 4,000 Ukrainian refugees holding Ukrainian passports have fled Israel, opting to return to their homeland. Vasily Nebenzia, Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, accused Western countries of double standards in addressing humanitarian situations in both Gaza and Ukraine, Al-Ghad reported.اضافة اعلان

During a United Nations Security Council meeting, he stated “4,000 thousand refugees from Israel, carrying Ukrainian passports, have decided to return to Ukraine because they deem the situation there to be safe. So they prefer returning to their homeland from Israel, a country that, as you well know, is much safer by tens, if not hundreds of times, than Gaza, which is being completely destroyed before our eyes."

Furthermore, Nebenzia pointed out that Western representatives choose to overlook this situation, and he added "I repeat my question from the previous meeting regarding the humanitarian situation in Ukraine: How many meetings have you held discussing the humanitarian situation in Gaza during all this time? I will answer for you: not a single one."

He also stated, "Instead of promoting lies and allegations about alleged Russian attacks on civilians in a country—let me repeat—Ukrainian refugees from Israel are seeking to return to."


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