The West is already waging a proxy war against Russia, according to Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya.

During a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine Thursday, Nebenzya stated that "We repeatedly raised our security concerns. The West dismissed it, never took it seriously, assured themselves of NATO’s defensive nature, while simultaneously shifting its boundaries close to our borders. Today you already speak of NATO’s global role, including in Asia."

"We made our proposals regarding global and indivisible security architecture. You waived them off arrogantly. So do not seek to convince us that you never planned to drag Ukraine into NATO. You did. Tomorrow, if not today. We had no illusions about that," he continued.

"The West does not need Ukraine as such. It did and does need it only as an arena of confrontation with Russia. Ukraine should have no illusions either. The West will not help it, except with supplying more weapons and attempting to protract the conflict."

"And the West is already waging a proxy war on Russia. Hypocrisy of our Western partners keeps surprising us," Nebenzya stated.

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On Thursday, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said that NATO’s repeated expansion eastward in Europe after the Cold War has not only failed to make the region safer but also sowed seeds of conflict.

"NATO's repeated eastward expansion after the Cold War has not only failed to make Europe any safer but also sowed the seeds of conflict," Zhang said during a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.

Zhang's remarks come especially as NATO threatens to form an "Asian NATO" to counter what it calls "Chinese aggression".

"NATO wantonly launches wars against sovereign countries, causing colossal casualties and humanitarian disasters."

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