Remarks to the Press by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia and First Deputy Dmitry Polyanskiy following UNSC meeting on the issue of biological laboratories in Ukraine
Vassily Nebenzia: Our partners are in complete denial. They won’t listen to what we are saying. They won’t accept that we are presenting facts and not just propaganda. We circulated new materials about the issue among Security Council members and the General Assembly. I am sure that you will be able to get access to those documents (they are not confidential or secret) and make up your mind whether it’s propaganda and unsubstantiated accusations, or whether these are documents that are worth commenting and replying to, which we did not hear today. We heard the repetition of what our partners said in the meeting on 11 March. They refused to accept and recognize that we presented a new set of evidence of military biological programs that were conducted in Ukraine with participation of the Pentagon.
Now I would like to give the floor to my First Deputy to make a special announcement.
Dmitry Polyanskiy: I just wanted to announce that my twitter account was blocked today. I received a message from the client service saying that my publication is violating the rules of Twitter and is engaged in abuse and harassment. The tweet goes like this :”That is how fake news is born. We warned in our statement back on 7 March that the hospital in Mariupol had been turned into a military object by radicals. Very disturbing that UN spreads this information without verification.” According to Twitter, it’s abuse and harassment. I will open an account on Telegram, and you will receive a link to its English version. This is very deplorable and clearly illustrates, how much alternative views, free press, and free information is valued by Twitter and in this country.
