UN calls for end to provocative rhetoric regarding Russia-Ukraine war

The UN calls on all sides to refrain from rhetoric that could further escalate the conflict in Ukraine, UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, Report informs via TASS.

"Since the start of this conflict, we have seen a lot of rhetoric that has the potential of inflaming what is already a deadly conflict," he said.

"Our protocol has been very consistent since the beginning [of the Ukrainian crisis], [and that is] to avoid such rhetoric," Stephane Dujarric pointed out.