UN head says time for Russia to end ‘unwinnable’ Ukraine war
by Jon Henley Europe correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5XCXK)
Leaders from the bloc to meet on Thursday to discuss support above the 1.2bn emergency fund already agreed
The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, has said it is time for Russia to end its absurd" and unwinnable" war in Ukraine, as the EU prepared to set up a trust fund" aimed at helping Kyiv repel the invasion and rebuild afterwards.
Speaking to reporters at the UN's headquarters in New York, Guterres said the war was going nowhere, fast". For more than two weeks, the devastated southern city of Mariupol had been encircled by Russian forces, bombed and shelled, he said.
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