US’ Blinken, Russia’s Lavrov clash at UNSC over Ukraine; ‘We cannot let Putin..’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday indulged in a heated clash at United Nations Security Council meeting. Secretary of State Antony Blinken asserted that Russia’s withdrawal from Ukrainian cities of Izyum was a gory reminder of war crimes in Irpin and Bucha. He toldLavrov that it depicted  "gruesome torture" and brutal killing of Ukrainian civilians by Russia's inving forces and that crimes cannot be "dismissed as actions of a few b actors."

" very international order we've gared here to uphold is being shredded before our eyes. We cannot -- we will not -- let President Putin get away with it," Blinken asserted. “Wherever Russian tide recedes, we discover horror that’s left in its wake,” he continued. 

Ukraine killing citizens in Donbass region 'with impunity': Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov refuted accusations by Blinen, saying that Ukrainian forces h been killing civilians in eastern Donbass region “with impunity" and have blamed Russians. Lavrov lambasted United States, France and Germany for supplying weaponry to Ukraine and not holding country accountable for eight years of atrocities. “ Kyiv regime owes its impunity to its Western sponsors,” he said. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at this point halted Lavrov saying that his not condemning war crimes me him an accomplice. 

“Russian diplomats are directly complicit because ir lies incite se crimes and cover m up,” Kuleba asserted. US Secretary of State was supported by top diplomats from France, Britain, Norway, Albania and Ireland, as well as by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as y condemned Russia for its war crimes. chief prosecutor of International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, ded that he would dispatch a team of investors to Ukraine in coming days to probe allegations.

Biden also asserted at UNGA that Russia "shamelessly" violated core tenets of United Nations charter. In his dress at 77th session of assembly, Biden said, "Just today, President Putin has me overt nuclear threats against Europe and a reckless disregard for responsibilities of non-proliferation regime." POTUS also stressed that Russia was now calling for ditional troops to join fight and accused Russia of organising a "sham referendum" to annex parts of Ukraine.