Thread by @eucopresident

You may leave the room, maybe it's easier not to listen to the truth, dear Ambassador #Nebenzia @RussiaUN

@UN #SecurityCouncil #UNSC

The Kremlin is using food supplies as a stealth missile against developing countries.

This is driving up food prices, pushing people into poverty, and destabilising entire regions.

Russia is solely responsible for this food crisis.

Despite its campaign of lies.

@UN #UNSC

It is Russia's tanks, bombs and mines that are preventing #Ukraine from planting and harvesting.

The Kremlin is also targeting grain storages and stealing grain from areas it has occupied while shifting the blame on others.

This is cowardly. This is propaganda.

@UN #UNSC

The EU has no sanctions on the agricultural sector in Russia. Zero.

And even our sanctions on the Russian transport sector do not go beyond our EU borders.

They do not prevent Russian flagged vessels from carrying grain, food, or fertilisers to developing countries.

@UN #UNSC

We hear reports of Russian forces wielding sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Sexual violence is a war crime. A crime against humanity.

A tactic of torture, terror, and repression.

Shameful acts in a shameful war.

@UN #UNSC

These crimes must be exposed to the light of day and prosecuted without impunity.

Sexual violence is a global threat faced by women across the world.

That is why I'll host with @UN_Women @MukwegeFound @nadiainitiative a second conference #WomenInConflicts on 9 June in Brussels.