During a Wednesday night emergency meeting, United Nations members gathered in an effort to deter Russia one last time from taking any military action against Ukraine.
Following the meeting, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a last-minute plea to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion of Ukraine.
Guterres pleaded that Putin stop any chance of war "in the name of humanity" after the Russian president announced his nation was conducting a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
"President Putin, in the name of humanity, bring your troops back to Russia," Guterres said following an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine.
During that emergency meeting, Ukraine's U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, addressed his Russian counterpart, Vassily Nebenzia, directly on the actions of Russia.
"There is no purgatory for war criminals," Kyslytsya said. "They go straight to hell, Ambassador."
While addressing the U.N. in a last-ditch effort to stop any conflict, Kyslytsya said his nation was on the precipice of war, calling for the council to halt Russian aggression towards his nation.
Kyslytsya urged his Russian U.N. counterpart to stop any military action in Ukraine.
"You have a smartphone. You can call," Kyslytsya pressed.
Guterres added in his comments that the consequences of any war would be devastating not just for Ukraine but also for the rest of the world, affecting the global economy.
"It's too late, my dear colleagues, to speak about de-escalation," Kyslytsya said during the emergency meeting as Russia's military continued to advance on his nation's eastern front. "I call on every one of you to do everything possible to stop the war."
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