All eyes will be on Ukraine’s president and Russia’s top diplomat at a U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday: Will they clash? Will they speak? Will they avoid each other entirely?
The meeting's topic is deeply relevant to those questions: It's about upholding the U.N. Charter in Ukraine. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres minced no words this week in reiterating that Russia’s February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbor violated the charter's underpinning -- that the 193 U.N. member nations respect each others' sovereignty and territorial integrity.
