The UN Secretary-General appealed to the President of Russia with request to stop troops from attacking Ukraine.
On his Twitter account, António Guterres admitted that he did not believe that this could actually happen.
According to the UN Secretary-General, he hoped that the most serious escalation scenario could be avoided. Guterres emphasized that he was wrong when he thought that Russia would not attack Ukraine. So now he decided to address Vladimir Putin. The UN Secretary-General asked to give peace a chance.
On the night of February 24 Vladimir Putin officially announced start of a military special operation in Donbas.
An extraordinary meeting of Russia’s Security Council was held in Moscow on February 21 to discuss the issue of recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the decree.
Earlier, the US leader Joe Biden signed a decree banning trade and investment with the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. The document was published on the White House website.
On February 22, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an address and said that Kiev was seeking peace and would continue diplomatic work in this direction following Russia’s decision to recognize the Donbas republics.
The Kyrgyz president believes that this may have been a forced measure. Sadyr Japarov spoke out about the conflict in Ukraine on social media.
