United Nations:
It would be “catastrophic” if the Russia-Ukraine crisis were to escalate into war, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening ceremony of the Munich Security Conference, which Moscow will not attend this year.
“With a concentration of Russian troops around Ukraine, I am very concerned about the heightened tensions and heightened speculation about a military conflict in Europe,” Guterres said. If that happened, “it would be catastrophic,” he warned. “There is no alternative to diplomacy.”
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