Cycle of death and destruction in Ukraine must stop: UN official
He “horrific conflict,” in Ukraine shows no signs of abating, the UN political and peacebuilding chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing out that since her last update on 5 April, “countless Ukrainian civilians” have been killed in indiscriminate attacks, cities and towns leveled, and much of the country’s arable land “horribly disfigured by shelling”.