United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference in front of the peace sculpture on the United Nation grounds. Bruce Cotler/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
UN Secretary General António Guterres has called for a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Orthodox Easter celebrations next weekend.
He said that the four-day period would be a time to save lives and engage in further discussion about a peaceful solution and an end to the suffering, speaking in New York on Tuesday.
A ceasefire beginning on Thursday would allow civilians to leave the war zone. It would also allow humanitarian organizations to offer life-saving support in areas such as Mariupol, Kherson, and Donetsk, he said.
According to UN estimates, around 12 million people in Ukraine are currently in need of humanitarian assistance.
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