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The war is evil, says UN chief in Borodyanka

28 April 2022 12:44 (UTC +04:00)

Antonio Guterres, the UN chief, is visiting sites around Ukraine’s capital that were occupied by Russian troops for several weeks in March, APA reports citing BBC.

The first stop was Borodyanka, to the northwest of Kyiv, where the damage from airstrikes and shelling is breathtaking.

Standing beside the wreckage of residential apartment blocks on Central Street, Mr Guterres was clearly moved by the sight.

“When I see those destroyed buildings, I imagine my family in one of those houses now destroyed and black. I see my granddaughters running in panic," he said.

"The war is an absurdity in the 21st century – the war is evil and when you see these situations our heart of course stays with the victims, our condolences to their families. But our emotions - there is no way war can be acceptable in the 21st century. Look at that”