UNITED NATIONS, October 14. /TASS/. The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) is funded by Western donors and relies exclusively on data collected in Kiev-controlled territories, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik told UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

"Analyzing the contents of reports made by the so-called UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine makes no sense at all," he said. "Every quarter, it presents the world with increasingly absurd conclusions based on unreliable data."

"But what do you expect from a structure established by a bilateral agreement between Kiev and the UN OHCHR [Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights], which thrives on generous injections of cash from Western sponsors, and receives information exclusively from Kiev. Does anyone actually believe in its impartiality?" Miroshnik asked rhetorically.