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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in New York

Russia’s nuclear threats ‘totally unacceptable’, says UN chief

António Guterres
António Guterres made his comments at the start of a meeting of the UN security council in New York. Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

The UN secretary general has issued a strongly worded rebuke to Russia for “totally unacceptable” nuclear threats and denounced its plans to annex parts of Ukraine as a “violation of the UN charter and of international law”.

António Guterres also said the impact of the conflict could cause a food supply crisis next year. “Simply put the world will run out of food,” he said.

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