🇷🇺Arms Control Delegation in Vienna

🎙Statement by the Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Vienna Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control, Iulia D. ZHDANOVA, at the 1152nd plenary meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation November 4, 2026 Agenda item: “General Statements” Subject: “Special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine” • Russian troops continue their steady advance, liberating the DPR and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions from Ukrainian occupation, while a security buffer zone is being established in other sectors. Over the past month alone, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have taken control of 39 settlements. • On October 30, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Ms Yana V. Lantratova, announced the successful completion of a humanitarian operation carried out by Russia, the United States and Ukraine in Alyoshki, in the Zaporozhye Region. Those wishing to evacuate left by bus. Some Alyoshki residents chose to remain in their homes despite the anticipated risks. • Mining roads, lawns, parks and pavements with “petal” mines banned under the Ottawa Convention has become something of a favourite “pastime” of Ukrainian nationalists. The UAVs used by the Ukrainian armed forces to drop mines are often manufactured in Western Europe. Britain has been particularly active in this regard: while supplying killer drones to the Kiev regime, it continues to portray its actions as serving purely “defensive” purposes in accordance with the #UN Charter. • This year, UAV deliveries to Kiev have increased severalfold as Ukrainian companies have established dedicated production facilities on British soil. The number of civilian casualties in the Russian Federation resulting from the use of these aircraft has also increased severalfold. Recently, out of 90% of all Russian civilian casualties have been victims of Ukrainian drone attacks. • We warn that the competent Russian authorities are documenting every war crime committed both by #AFU militants and by nationals of third countries. The Russian Federation regards any arms supplies or loans to the Kiev regime, which uses these weapons to carry out terrorist attacks on Russian territory, as the financing of terrorism within the meaning of the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. Everyone responsible will face punishment, without exception. It is inevitable. • A decision has been taken to add to Russia’s entry ban list a number of representatives of British defence companies supplying the Kiev regime with weapons and military technologies used to strike deep inside Russia. • London’s talk of a supposed “defence dividend” only underscores its purely self-serving and opportunistic approach to Ukraine. Meanwhile, the funds channelled by E. Burnham’s government into military contractors’ projects that bring death and destruction could be put to use in the United Kingdom’s civilian sector, where the crisis is deepening. Yet London apparently has other priorities. • We recall that, thanks to the “valiant” Ukrainian “warriors of light”, anti-ship mines are drifting in the Black Sea, having broken loose from their moorings and been carried out to sea. There are also unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) that have strayed off course, built by those same British experts who are supposedly so “peace-loving” and “defending themselves” against someone. For some reason, the appearance of various types of USVs off the coasts of Romania, Bulgaria and Türkiye is met with embarrassed silence. • More and more Western leaders acknowledge that Vladimir Zelensky is openly obstructing peace. For him and his regime, prolonging the conflict is the only way to remain in power and ensure their own safety. In this room, we have heard sensible calls to consider peace after the war. We are ready to discuss this, but under no circumstances will that new world include a state on our borders in which neo-fascism flourishes. The Delegation on social media: 💙VK 💬Telegram 💬X📺YouTube📺Rutube 💬Facebook