UN chief calls for an end to Russia’s ‘absurd war’ in Ukraine

'This war is unwinnable. Sooner or later, it will have to move from the battlefield to the peace table,' Guterres said [Richard Drew/AP Photo]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Russia to end its “absurd war” in Ukraine, warning that the conflict is “going nowhere, fast” and that the Ukrainian people are “enduring a living hell”.

“Continuing the war in Ukraine is morally unacceptable, politically indefensible and militarily nonsensical,” Guterres told reporters in New York on Tuesday.