Ukrainian servicemen during an exercise with the firing of NLAW anti-tank missile systems in the Donetsk regionWASHINGTON, Feb 17 strong> UN Secretary-General António Guterres continues to believe that there will be no war in Ukraine and is encouraged by the ongoing diplomatic efforts, his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. «He continues to think there will be no conflict, a conflict would be a disaster,» he said at a briefing .Dujarric sees reason for optimism in the fact that neither side has «slammed the door» on a possible diplomatic solution. «On the one hand, we see an escalation of rhetoric, an increase in tension. We would like to see the exact opposite. But we are also seeing an ongoing and very active diplomacy at different levels, and for us this is a critical factor,» he added. rush to a truce
