The war will end when Russia decides to end it, Guterres says. According to Zelensky, the war has already cost Ukraine hundreds of billions of euros.
UN Secretary – General Antonio Guterres will meet the President of Ukraine today Volodymyr Zelensky In Kiev. Guterres said he arrived in the Ukrainian capital last night.
Before Ukraine, Guterres visited Russia where he met with the president Vladimir Putin and the Secretary of State Sergei Lavrovin. In an CNN interview (you switch to another service) Guterres described the meetings as “useful,” so far no concrete breakthroughs have been reported.
Guterres said he repeated an earlier UN message in Moscow that Russia’s war of aggression violates the UN charter and must end.
– The war will not end with meetings. The war will end when Russia decides to end it and when – after the ceasefire – there is an opportunity for a serious political settlement, Guterres told CNN.
According to Zelensky, the preliminary estimate is that the war has already caused material damage of $ 600 billion (€ 570 billion) to date.
Among other things, 32 million square meters of housing, more than 1,500 educational institutions and more than 350 medical facilities have been destroyed or damaged, Zelenskyi listed. In addition, about 2,500 kilometers of roads and nearly 300 bridges have been at least damaged.