Ukraine War, “Are We Ready to Hold ‘Special Round of Negotiations’ in Mariupol”. So tweeted Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mikhailo Podolyak after another day of siege of the city from which civilians could not get out. “One after the other. two after two To save our boys, Azov, military, civilians, children, alive and wounded. All. Because they belong to us. Because they are in my heart. Forever,” added Podolyak.
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“The Mariupol corridor didn’t work today. The Russian military did not respect the ceasefire and did not escort people to the assembly points where the buses were waiting.” According to Suspilnews reports, this was said by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
Kyiv hoped that at least six thousand people could leave the city. “The occupiers according to the denounced Vereshchuk were not able to guarantee the timely transport of people to the point where dozens of buses and ambulances were waiting.”
Fewer buses than planned have managed to reach the besieged city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine, preventing some civilians from leaving, Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said, explaining that 90 buses were expected for today. “People have obviously gathered at the agreed meeting points, but few have boarded the buses,” he said.
Meanwhile, United Nations SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres has asked to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. The United Nations made the announcement, saying that Guterres aims to discuss a series of “urgent measures to bring about peace” at a time when the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe “poses a grave threat”.
At the same time, Guterres stressed that both Ukraine and Russia are founding members of the United Nations and have always been “strong supporters” of the UN. For this it is necessary to reach an agreement that preserves the “future of multilateralism based on the Charter of the United Nations and international law”.
“The situation in Mariupol is deteriorating. Unfortunately, we have not been able to achieve any positive results there,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a press conference in Kyiv. “Our troops are defending hundreds of wounded and civilians who are losing their lives, and not by accident.”
“There are thousands, I don’t know exactly how many Zelenskyy continued of women and children. I would like to be able to say that everything will be easy and that tomorrow we will arrive from our soldiers and civilians, but I can’t . We constantly propose humanitarian corridors to the Russian Federation. Some corridors are working: Thousands of civilians managed to leave Mariupol through these corridors. Unfortunately, we do not know what happened to several thousand people who were taken to the Russianheld areas.”
“I don’t know when he added we will be able to unlock Mariupol: I want to be frank with you, all our guys in Mariupol want victory and that the city will be unlocked. But to unlock the city, there there are two options : serious and heavy weapons, which we count on, and with joint efforts we can unlock them, so far we do not have enough of these weapons, the second way is diplomatic, and Russia has not agreed on this so far, we are to Exchange ready Prisoners: they left corpses, but also human lives. We are ready for any exchange, “he concluded.