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Thursday, February 17, 2022
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Thursday, February 17, 2022
UN urges ‘restraint’ by all parties amid fresh shelling in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, inspects weapons during a visit to Ukrainian coast guards in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
The United Nations urges restraint by all parties in eastern Ukraine amid fresh shelling that violates a ceasefire under the Minsk Agreement.
“If verified, these must not be allowed to escalate further. We call on all sides to exercise maximum restraint at this sensitive time,” Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN undersecretary general, tells a Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
