UN chief Antonio Guterres: ‘I hope the ICC can investigate Izium’

Two days before the start of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he hoped the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be able to investigate the alleged massacre in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium in an interview with FRANCE 24’s Marc Perelman and RFI’s Christophe Boisbouvier

The war in Ukraine topped the list of issues concerning the UN chief during a lengthy interview with FRANCE 24 and Radio France Internationale (RFI) ahead of Tuesday's UN General Assembly.

"I fear a military escalation,” said Guterres in response to a question on the direction the war in Ukraine was likely to take. “The prospects for a peace negotiation are very distant. The Ukrainians and the Russians think they can win the war and I do not see any possibility of establishing a serious peace negotiation in the short term.”