UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is "deeply concerned" over Russian statements about plans to carry out "systemic strikes" against Kyiv.
He stated this at a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council, Ukrinform reports, citing the UN press service.
Guterres said the UN Charter had been created after devastating world wars with the promise that "the force of law must prevail over the law of force" and that international disputes would be settled by peaceful means.
However, he warned that international law is increasingly being ignored and violations often go unpunished. According to Guterres, the world is currently facing the highest number of armed conflicts since the founding of the United Nations.
"I am deeply concerned by a recent announcement by the Russian Federation to launch consistent and systemic strikes against Ukrainian defense enterprises in Kyiv – as well as against decision making centers and command posts – following reports of a Ukrainian drone attack on a college building and dormitory in the Ukrainian city of Starobilsk, presently occupied by the Russian Federation," Guterres said.
