United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres. File photoUN, 19 Apr UN Secretary General António Guterres urged Moscow and Kyiv to establish a four-day «Easter truce» from Thursday. , (April 24) to open a number of humanitarian corridors,” Guterres told reporters. way» of Ukraine, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
