“This is a worrying and worrying new development, it’s all going in the wrong direction,” Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson said this Thursday, November 21, calling on the parties to de-escalate.
Moscow's use of a new medium-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine is a “worrying new development”, said the spokesperson for the UN Secretary General this Thursday, November 21.
“This is a worrying and worrying new development, it’s all going in the wrong direction,” Stéphane Dujarric told the press.
A shot at the city of Dnipro
He called on the parties to take “urgent steps towards de-escalation to ensure the protection of civilians and critical civilian infrastructure”, repeating Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' call for an end to this war in accordance with international law .
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that his forces struck Ukraine with a new medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile, after a strike on the city of Dnipro which did not carry a nuclear warhead.
Asked about the announcement of Washington's decision to supply antipersonnel mines to Ukraine, Stéphane Dujarric noted that “our position against the use of mines anywhere in the world remains unchanged.”
