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UN chief urges 4-day Easter ‘pause’ in fighting in Ukraine

Ireland's Defense Minister Simon Coveney speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, speaks to members of the media before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Ireland's Defense Minister Simon Coveney, right, speaks as T. S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, center, and Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, left, listen during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. . (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of United States to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. Russia has ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. It intensified assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long Tuesday in what officials on both sides described as a new phase of the war. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Ireland's Defense Minister Simon Coveney speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, speaks to members of the media before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador, Sergiy Kyslytsya, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. Russia has ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. It intensified assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long Tuesday in what officials on both sides described as a new phase of the war. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
UN chief urges 4-day Easter ‘pause’ in fighting in Ukraine