UN Secretary-General, António Guterres has announced 20 million dollars for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine, saying securing civilians should be ‘Priority Number One’ in supporting the people.

Guterres also urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring his troops back to his country, adding that he should not start what may be the most destructive war given that the start of the century.

DAILY POST reports that President Putin had introduced military action in Ukraine on Thursday.

Putin had actually noted 3 conditions to put an end to the standoff, recommending Kyiv to renounce its bid to sign up with NATO, to partly demilitarize and to acknowledge Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

Ukraine rejected Putin’s needs.

“Today, I’m announcing that we will right away allocate 20 million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund to fulfill immediate needs,” Guterres told reporters in New York on Thursday.

Guterres reiterated that the UN and its humanitarian partners are “committed to providing and remaining, to support people in Ukraine in their time of requirement.”

According to him, Russian military operations inside the sovereign area of Ukraine “on a scale that Europe has actually not seen in years, conflict directly with the United Nations Charter.”

In spite of a sustained UN-led and international diplomatic push to avoid military action in Ukraine, President Putin did simply that, triggering a barrage of reactions, starting with the UN chief appealing and condemning the move for peace.

“All Members will refrain in their global relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political self-reliance of any state, or in any other way inconsistent with the functions of the United Nations,” Guterres stated, quoting the Charter.

The UN chief underscored that using force by one country against another is “the repudiation of the principles that every country has committed to support,” which he specified applies to today military offensive.

“It’s incorrect. It’s against the Charter. It’s undesirable. It’s not irreparable,” Guterres said.

As deaths rise and pictures of worry, suffering and fear in every corner of Ukraine are pervasive, Guterres advised that “individuals– every day innocent individuals– constantly pay the highest price.”

“In line with the Charter, it’s not far too late to conserve this generation from the scourge of war,” Guterres said, “we need peace.”

The top UN authorities explained what happened as the “saddest minute” in his tenure as UN Secretary-General.

Due to this development, Guterres stated: “I need to alter my address and state: In the name of humanity, bring your soldiers back to Russia.

“In the name of humankind, do not start in what may be the most devastating war because the start of the century,” Guterres appealed to Putin.