UN peacekeepers in Donbas will be partially subordinated to Russia as UNSC member

15:13, 15.09.2017 1 min read

If the UN peacekeeping mission is deployed to Donbas, the peacekeeping contingent will be partially subordinated to Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, former U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton has said.

The introduction of peacekeepers is a bad idea. Why do you want Russia to be more involved in the Ukrainian affairs? Russia is one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, and nothing will happen to these peacekeepers if Russia does not want it. It will influence them, he told Interfax-Ukraine on the sidelines of the 14th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy in Kyiv on Friday.

Bolton said that it is possible to resolve the situation in Donbas through force.

The UN peacekeepers do not solve the conflicts, but freeze them. If you are sure that you want Donbas to remain in the hands of those people who control it, introduce the peacekeeping mission there," he said.