Russia: Israel’s campaign against UNRWA is an upsetting example of misinformation

UNITED NATIONS, April 30. (ST)- Israel’s campaign against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is an upsetting example of misinformation, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said.

“The smear campaign, unleashed by West Jerusalem against the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, directed at halting the agency’s activity on occupied Palestinian territories, can serve as a sad example,” he said at the 46th session of the UN General Assembly Committee on Information.

“As of now, over 180 agency’s employees have been killed in the Gaza Strip which is an absolute record for the UN,” the envoy noted. The diplomat called to take urgent measures on “amending this situation around UNRWA.”

On another topic, Polyansky asserted that Ukraine openly flaunts its involvement in the murder of Russian journalists, and the West deliberately turns a blind eye to that.

He noted that Russian journalist Daria Dugina, military reporter Vladlen Tatarsky, Tavriya broadcasting company editor-in-chief Rostislav Zhuravlyov, Rossiya-24 TV reporter Boris Maksudov were killed by Ukrainian intelligence agencies and their agents, while “writer and public figure Zakhar Prilepin miraculously survived a terror attack.”

“Western puppeteers deliberately turn a blind eye to all these Kiev’s crimes,” Polyansky noted.

Basma Qaddour