UN chief issues desperate plea to Putin on Ukraine: 'Give peace a chance. Too many people have already died'

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council in Moscow on February 21, 2022.

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UN Chief António Gutteres made a desperate plea to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday night during an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting regarding Russia's invasion into Ukraine.

"If indeed an operation is being prepared, I have only one thing to say from the bottom of my heart: President Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine," Gutteres said. "Give peace a chance. Too many people have already died."

The meeting had been requested by Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba hours earlier.

During the UNSC meeting, Putin declared a "special military operation" in Donbas, scaling up his country's military invasion into Ukraine.

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