UN official warns of wider European conflict, urges immediate ceasefire in Ukraine
Summary
Assistant-Secretary-General Martha Pobee addresses the UN Security Council for the seventh time in six weeks regarding the war in Ukraine, warning of dangerous escalation by the Russian Federation and the heightened risks of regional and global deterioration. She calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent a wider regional conflict in Europe.
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· 3 pulledThis is the seventh time in six weeks that the Council has convened in relation to the war in Ukraine and its impact on international peace and security.
The frequency of these meetings reflects the dangerous escalation of this war and the heightened risks of further deterioration, with regional and global implications.
Over the past few weeks, the intensity and scope of attacks by the Russian Federation against Ukraine have increased
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