{"id":3079,"date":"2022-02-24T07:58:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T07:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taand.com\/en\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2022-02-24T07:58:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T07:58:44","slug":"russian-assault-on-ukraine-came-mid-un-meeting-to-prevent-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taand.net\/en\/?p=3079","title":{"rendered":"Russian assault on Ukraine came mid-UN meeting to prevent war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sirens blared in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday morning as Russian President Vladimir Putin formally declared war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>As the council was in session, news came through that Russia had begun a predicted military campaign in Ukraine that the UN meeting had hoped to ward off.<\/p>\n<p>Around 9:30pm on Wednesday, local time, United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to deplore Russia\u2019s actions towards Ukraine and to plead for diplomacy.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/taand.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Zelinski.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"322\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Having finally accepted that a military invasion was likely, Guterres begged Russian President Vladimir Putin not to attack Ukraine, noting that \u201ctoo many people have already died\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s too late, my dear colleagues, to speak about de-escalation,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s envoy Sergiy Kyslytsya told the council. \u201cI call on every one of you to do everything possible to stop the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All flights leaving Ukraine have been now cancelled. Ukraine officials have advised civilians to seek shelter in their basements amid fears of rocket attacks across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Queues were seen outside cash machines in cities across Ukraine and lines of traffic clogged Kyiv\u2019s motorways as Ukrainians scrambled for safety.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian military officials said cruise missiles have been launched in attacks on Kyiv\u2019s airport and that tanks were seen crossing Ukraine\u2019s northern border with Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech to the Russian nation on Thursday morning, President Putin announced his intention to \u201cdemilitarise and de-Nazify\u201d his former Soviet neighbour, led by Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sirens blared in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Thursday morning as Russian President Vladimir Putin formally declared<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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