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Guterres says limited ceasefire could help protect Ukraine's energy sector from Russian strikes
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has advocated reaching an agreement on a limited ceasefire to halt attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and ports.
He said this during a press conference in New York on Thursday, January 29, responding to a question from an Ukrinform correspondent about what advice he would give Ukrainians amid deliberate Russian strikes on energy infrastructure aimed at triggering a humanitarian disaster.
He said that the UN had been consulting with Turkey and other partners to explore the possibility of such an agreement.
Guterres added that a similar arrangement should be concluded now to prevent further bombings, specifying that he referred to a kind of limited ceasefire regarding the bombing of energy infrastructure and ports.
He described this measure as limited but important to help avoid a humanitarian tragedy, emphasizing that civilians are particularly affected by attacks on energy facilities.