UN, November 9. /TASS/. Russia does not intend to agree to a freeze on the Ukrainian conflict, because the settlement must address the root causes of the crisis, Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said.

"We will not agree to a freeze of the conflict that would allow the existing threats to our security to persist and create conditions for a new escalation," he told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine convened at the initiative of Western countries.

"Our position is firm and unwavering: the settlement must be comprehensive, lasting, and long-term, and must address the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis - above all, the strategic threats from the Western direction, the infringement of the rights of the Russian and Russian-speaking population, and the spread of neo-Nazi ideology in Ukraine. Without resolving these fundamental issues, no agreements will ensure lasting peace."