the UN will try to set up a “humanitarian ceasefire” between Moscow and Kyiv

More than a month after the start of the Russian offensive, the UN will seek to set up a “humanitarian ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres made the announcement Monday, March 28, during a press statement at UN headquarters in New York. He said he had “asked Martin Griffiths [secrétaire général adjoint pour les Affaires humanitaires] to immediately study with the parties involved the possibility of agreements and arrangements for a humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine”.

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Antonio Guterres wants Martin Griffiths, who is currently in Afghanistan, “can get to both Moscow and kyiv as quickly as possible”. The UN Secretary General denounced the fact that “Since the start of the Russian invasion a month ago, the war had led to the senseless loss of thousands of lives, the displacement of ten million people, mostly women and children, and the systematic destruction essential infrastructure” in Ukraine. “This must stop”he hammered.

The UN General Assembly adopted, on March 24, by an overwhelming majority of 140 votes, a new resolution “historical” but not binding “required” of Russia the judgment “immediate” of his “aggression” against Ukraine.