# Russian diplomat says UN silence over Bucha proves Western-orchestrated provocation

https://mins.news/en/item/62995

- TASS, 2026-09-17 16:36 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2189183

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the UN’s failure to answer Moscow’s requests about alleged killings near Kyiv in 2022 again proves that the Bucha events were a Western-orchestrated provocation. She accused the UK and other Western sponsors of Kyiv of pushing the alleged falsification to derail the Istanbul talks.

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