U.N. condemns Ukraine war as it enters second year.

The United Nations has issued calls for an end to the Russian-led war in Ukraine as it has entered a second year. At a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to mark the anniversary of the war, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the war is a “blatant violation” of the U.N. Charter and international law, with profound impacts on the world.

The war has “unleashed widespread death, destruction and displacement.Attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure have caused many casualties and terrible suffering,” Guterres said.

“Life is a living hell for the people of Ukraine,” he said, adding that an estimated 17.6 million people, or nearly 40 per cent of Ukraine’s population, require humanitarian assistance and protection and the war has erased 30 per cent of pre-war jobs. More than 8 million Ukrainians have taken refuge in neighboring countries and an estimated 5.4 million others are internally displaced.

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U.N. condemns war in Ukraine as it enters second year