That break would take place from April 21-24 and would coincide with the Orthodox Christian Holy Week Day, the headline said, according to the press accredited to the United Nations.
Guterres lamented the suffering of the Ukrainian civilian population and called for every effort to spare these people further suffering.
Therefore, a humanitarian break is increasingly urgent, said the highest representative of the United Nations.
Russians and Ukrainians must “silence the firearms and thus pave the way to safety for many people who are directly at risk,” stressed the Portuguese diplomat.
The humanitarian pause proposed by the United Nations will allow civilians to move out of conflict zones and also allow more humanitarian aid to be delivered to places that need them, such as Mariupol, Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson.
According to the multilateral organization, more than four million people in these areas need help.
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 after authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics requested help to repel mounting aggression from Kyiv.
Previously, Moscow had recognized the independence and sovereignty of both territories and signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with their leaders, which included the establishment of diplomatic relations and military assistance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the aim of the military operation was to defend the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, whose populations had been “targets of harassment and genocide by Kyiv” for the past eight years.
(With information from Prensa Latina).