The last official statement before his death, the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vitaly Churkin 20 February 2017: 1) "Ukraine has not received support countries - UN Security Council members (the situation in the area Avdeevka in Donbass) Kiev supported by the US and the UK only Other countries declared. that Minsk agreement must be fulfilled ",

2) "it is encouraging that the new permanent representative of the United States in the Security Council even introduced a standard Washington's position at the UN Nikki Haley, but the tone of her statements was very different from previous ones. A good signal I think Haley words that she does not want to spoil relations with Russia. "
3) "I am sure that the aggravation of the situation in Avdeevka can be a provocation, which aims to prevent the development of relations between the US and Russia. This is one of the objectives - to prevent the improvement of Russian-US relations.