Top U.N. Official Tours Kyiv, Declaring the War 'An Absurdity'
KYIV — Standing in front of a row of scorched buildings where dozens of people were killed, António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, called the war in Ukraine “an absurdity” and said: “There is no way a war can be acceptable in the 21st century.”
Mr. Guterres visited Ukraine days after meeting President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Moscow. His goals included securing evacuation routes for besieged civilians and supporting the prosecution of war crimes.
After arriving on Wednesday night, he said: “The sooner this war ends, the better — for the sake of Ukraine, Russia and the world.” On Thursday morning, Mr. Guterres toured the stunning wreckage in Borodianka, Bucha and Irpin, three suburbs of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, that have borne the heavy cost of war.
In Borodianka, he gazed up at towering apartment blocks pounded by bombs that left them empty, charred and barely standing.
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