Nearly a year after it occurred, UN chief António Guterres denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an "affront" to the global conscience during a General Assembly meeting.
The motion, supported by Ukraine and its allies, calling for Russia to withdraw immediately and unconditionally, was being discussed at the meeting.
Ukraine hopes that by approving the motion, other nations will demonstrate their support.
The Kremlin has claimed that the West wants to subjugate Russia at all costs.
The US and its allies were ready to start a world war, according to Vasily Nebenzya, the Kremlin's ambassador to the UN.
The largest invasion of Europe since the end of World War Two began on February 24, 2022, when Russian President Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine.
According to a UN estimate, the devastating war that resulted has killed at least 7,199 civilians and injured thousands more, while the US military estimates that at least 100,000 soldiers from Russia and Ukraine have also perished or been injured. .
Over 13 million people were uprooted from their homes in Ukraine or made refugees abroad.
The assertion by Mr. Putin that his operation was required to "demilitarise and denazify" Ukraine, a nation with a long history of ties to Russia, was rejected by Ukraine and its allies as a pretext for an unprovoked attack.
Mr. Guterres remarked to the General Assembly that "that invasion is an affront to our collective conscience.". The United Nations Charter and international law are being broken. " .
He claimed that there was a "clear and present danger" that a "spiraling conflict" could have negative effects.
According to Mr. Guterres, the conflict "foster[s] regional instability and fuels global tensions and divisions while deflecting attention and resources from other crises and pressing global issues.".
"Implicit threats to use nuclear weapons," he claimed, had been made.
It's time to take a step back from the edge, he declared.
"Complacency will only exacerbate the crisis and further erode the shared values enshrined in the Charter. War is not the answer. The problem is war. In Ukraine, there is a great deal of suffering. Peace is necessary for people in Ukraine, Russia, and beyond. ".
The resolution, which has the support of sixty nations, emphasizes the necessity of "achieving, as soon as is practicable, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.". ".
Mr. Guterres spoke after Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech in which he blamed the West for the conflict.
Following US President Joe Biden's praise of Western democracies for resisting Russian aggression in his address to the nation on Tuesday, Mr. Putin also announced Russia's decision to suspend a crucial nuclear arms treaty.
The treaty was created by the US and Russia in 2010 to prevent nuclear war, and Mr. Biden has called the decision to suspend it a grave error.
In a meeting with Wang Yi, China's top diplomat, on Wednesday in Moscow, Mr. Putin stressed the importance of cooperation with Beijing in order to "stabilize the international situation.". China's claim of neutrality in the Ukrainian War came to an end with the visit.
