Costa urges world to use all leverage on Russia to end war

European Council President António Costa said this in an address to the UN General Assembly in New York, according to Ukrinform. “We know that conflicts are never confined to one place. They have implications for food security, energy markets, migration, development and global stability. We are seeing this with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,” Costa said. He stressed that Russia had chosen to launch the war, which is already having global consequences. “A devastating act of aggression against a sovereign state, committed by a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations. In breach of the Charter of the United Nations and international law,” Costa said, describing the war.