Mumbai: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday made a last-minute appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war “in the name of humanity” after the Russian leader announced a military operation in eastern Ukraine. Also Read: Russia Has Launched Full-Scale Invasion Of Ukraine, Declared War On Record: Ukraine
“President Putin, in the name of humanity, brings your troops back to Russia,” Guterres said, speaking after an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a personal appeal to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday not to attack Ukraine, minutes before the Russian president announced a military operation against his former Soviet neighbour.
“President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine, give peace a chance, too many people have already died,” Guterres said during the second emergency Security Council meeting in three days over the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
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As world leaders one after another urged Russia to stand up, Putin delivered a surprise speech on Russian TV, declaring that he had “decided on a military operation.”
Warnings of a possible Russian invasion had been mounting for weeks, as Moscow mobilized troops along Ukraine’s borders and recognized the independence of two separate eastern Ukraine regions earlier this week.
Putin’s announcement came after the Kremlin said rebel leaders in eastern Ukraine had sought military help from Moscow against Kyiv.
Speaking after Guterres, the UN’s Under-Secretary of Political Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said on Wednesday that “massive military build-up and military columns moving towards Ukraine” and that Russia had “shut airspace” to civilian aircraft along the border between the two countries.
The UN could not verify the reports, she added.
The US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a similar appeal to the Russian president.
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