Russia-Ukraine war: UN head urges for meeting with Putin, Zelenskyy in bid to end war

In a bid to end Russia-led war on Ukraine and maintain peace in war-hit zone, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote to Vlimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to receive him in Moscow and Kyiv. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric mentioned that both letters were sent to respective countries' UN Missions in New York on Tuesday.

request holds relevance as Kremlin forces wd a full-fledged war on eastern European country on pretext of a 'special military operation' in Ukraine. This comes after foreign ministers of both countries met in Turkey on March 10 to negotiate a ceasefire and end conflict.

It may be ted that ongoing tension revived elements of a conflict that began eight years ago with annexation of Crimea in 2014. So far, military clash h caused thousands of fatalities on both sides and over five million refugees. In March, UN refugee ncy deemed ongoing displacement as Europe's largest influx of refugees since World War II.

"In eastern Ukraine, some 1.4 million people are without access to running water, including in besieged port city of Mariupol.  Millions more have only limited access to water and electricity," a UN report stated.

UN chief urges Russian President & Ukrainian President to meet in Moscow & Kyiv

With an objective to 'discuss urgent steps to bring about peace in Ukraine', UN he called for in-person communication with both leers at loggerhes. "In se letters, Secretary-General asked President Vlimir Putin to receive him in Moscow and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to receive him in Kyiv," UN official stated. 

" Secretary-General said, at this time of great peril and consequence, he would like to discuss urgent steps to bring about peace in Ukraine and future of multilateralism based on Charter of United Nations and international law,” said Dujarric. 

He furr said that UN he underlined that both Ukraine and Russia are founding members of United Nations and have strongly supported organisation over years.