United Nations secretary-general has called for a four-day humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine

On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres asked for a four-day Orthodox Easter humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine to enable for the safe evacuation of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid to hard-hit areas.

According to Guterres, the UN is submitting detailed plans to the parties and is ready to send humanitarian aid convoys to Mariupol, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk beginning on Holy Thursday and continuing until Sunday, the date of Orthodox Easter, which is observed by the majority of Ukrainians and Russians.

“The humanitarian situation is critical. People lack food, water, and materials to care for the ill and injured, as well as to live day to day “At the United Nations in New York.

Thousands of people have been killed or injured as a result of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, which is the largest attack on a European country since 1945. Today, more than 12 million people in the country require humanitarian assistance, according to Guterres.

Humanitarian ceasefires between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Ukraine are not on the horizon right now, but they could be in a few weeks, according to the United Nations’ assistance chief, Martin Griffiths.

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