Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in MariupolUN, Apr 27The UN is discussing with Moscow and Kyiv a mechanism for the timely evacuation of civilians from the war zones in Ukraine, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the secretary general of the organization, said at a briefing. On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with UN Secretary General António Guterres. The official representative of the Secretary General, Stefan Dujarric, said that Putin agreed to the participation of the UN and the ICRC in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Later, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that there were no specific agreements on involving the UN and the ICRC in the evacuation at the meeting. «We continue contacts. And in development of the agreement reached in principle between the UN Secretary General and the President of the Russian Federation — ed.) is mobilizing a UN team to coordinate the evacuation of civilians at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol,» Haq said. According to him, the ICRC is also involved in coordination efforts. «Today, on Wednesday, we are having discussions in Moscow and Kyiv in continuation (of the conversation between Guterres and Putin — ed.), in order to develop an operational mechanism for the timely evacuation of civilians,» he said.
The West saw the true face of Ukraine. And he liked it According to Haq, the UN invites the most experienced staff from OCHA, experts in the field of complex operations — they come to Ukraine from all over the world. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and On March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
