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UN chief, Ukraine FM warn of dire global impact of a Russian invasion

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a meeting of the UN General Assembly on the situation between Russia and Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, February 23, 2022. Carlo Allegri, Reuters" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/reuters/02/23/20220223_ukraine-crisis-un.jpg"/><figcaption>United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a meeting of the UN General Assembly on the situation between Russia and Ukraine, at the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, February 23, 2022. <em>Carlo Allegri, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The UN chief and Ukraine&#x27;s foreign minister told the General Assembly in New York Wednesday that a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia would have a devastating global impact.</p><p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the body that &quot;our world is facing a moment of peril&quot; over Ukraine&#x27;s crisis with Russia.</p><p>&quot;If the conflict in Ukraine expands, the world could see a scale and severity of need unseen for many years,&quot; he said.</p><p>Guterres called for &quot;all sides to allow safe and unimpeded access by humanitarian agencies, including in non-government controlled areas of eastern Ukraine.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/24/22/russia-on-us-sanctions-expect-strong-response">Russia says US sanctions will meet ‘strong response’: ministry</a></li></ul><p>He called Russia&#x27;s recognition of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states as &quot;violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/24/22/eu-calls-snap-summit-on-russia-ukraine-crisis">EU calls snap summit on Russia-Ukraine crisis</a></li></ul><p>&quot;It is time for restraint, reason and de-escalation,&quot; Guterres said, stressing there was no room for actions or statements that would &quot;take this dangerous situation over the abyss.&quot;</p><p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned diplomats that &quot;the beginning of a large-scale war in Ukraine will be the end of the world order as we know it.&quot;</p><p>He pleaded with the United Nations to hold Moscow accountable for what he called its attack on &quot;the core principles of international law.&quot;</p><p>&quot;If Russia does not get a severe, swift and decisive response now, this will mean a total bankruptcy of the international security system and international institutions, which are tasked with maintaining the global security order.</p><p>&quot;This is a grim scenario, which will throw us back to the darkest times of the 20th century,&quot; he said.</p><p>Kuleba called Russian claims that it is acting to prevent planned military operations by Kyiv in the Donbas area, which incorporates Donetsk and Luhansk, as &quot;absurd.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Ukraine has never threatened or attacked anyone,&quot; he said. &quot;Ukraine has never planned and does not plan any such action.&quot;</p><p>He called on Russia to withdraw troops from Ukrainian soil and pursue diplomacy.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/02/23/22/biden-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-is-beginning">Biden says Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine is ‘beginning’</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Russia must stop destabilizing the international security situation. We Ukrainians want peace and we want to resolve all issues through diplomacy,&quot; Kuleba said.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1942190" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the body that 'our world is facing a moment of peril' over Ukraine's crisis with Russia.