Russia's deputy ambassador to the U.N. said humanitarian ceasefire calls were 'insincere,' per the NYT.
for a four-day ceasefire from this Thursday through the Orthodox Easter Sunday so humanitarian corridors could open.
Major Serhiy Volyna, the commander of the last Ukrainian forces in besieged southeastern port city Mariupol, told outlets Tuesday that civilians were amongWhat they're saying: Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy ambassador to the U.N., told the United Nations Security Council hours later that humanitarian ceasefire calls were "insincere," the NYT reports.
In practice, "they merely point to an aspiration to provide Kyiv nationalists breathing room to regroup and receive more drones, more antitank missiles and more MANPADS," he claimed — in reference to man-portable air-defense systems.
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