NEW YORK
A Russian draft resolution calling for humanitarian corridors in eastern Ukraine received a great deal of backlash at the UN Security Council on Monday.
Amid questions by major Western powers at the council, diplomats said Russia got a signal that it should contemplate once again on its next move in Ukraine.
The destiny of the new resolution on Ukraine stays rather uncertain, diplomats said.
Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the UN, told journalists that Moscow "have not yet decided what our next move is going to be in terms of working on this resolution."
The United States said the Russian draft was “hypocritical” – avoiding to recognize Moscow’s role in the Ukrainian crisis, with armed fighters and weapons continuing to enter eastern part of the country from Russia.
Washington said Moscow was backing pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine – who were still holding hostage monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
"If they are going to call for or would support a reduction in tensions and a de-escalation, it would be more effective for them to end those activities," State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said Monday.
Russian proposal submitted to the UN Security Council on Monday calls for opening a humanitarian corridor and an end to the ongoing clashes in the east of Ukraine.
Last week, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe lost contact with four of their civilian observers. The Danish, Estonian, Swiss and Turkish nationals were on a routine patrol east of Donetsk.
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