During the meeting, the security situation in Ukraine, the issue of evacuation from Mariupol, as well as war crimes by the Russian army were discussed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres in Kyiv. This was reported by the Office of the President on Thursday, April 28th.
During the meeting, the security situation in Ukraine, the issue of evacuation of civilians and the wounded from Mariupol, as well as war crimes by the Russian army were discussed.
In a briefing after the meeting, Zelensky said that Ukraine is now “defending the UN Charter.”
“It is important that the Secretary General personally saw the results of the war crimes committed in Bucha and Borodianka,” he said.
During the conversation, the president also called for an end to the deportation from Ukraine to Russia. According to Zelensky, “It is important for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to gain access to the citizens of Ukraine and ensure their repatriation.”
He also called for the unblocking of food export ports in Ukraine, noting that millions of people on the planet depend on Ukrainian food.
In turn, Guterres said he was doing everything possible to evacuate people from Azovstal. He called Mariupol a “crisis within a crisis” and added that he had intensive talks with Zelensky to make the evacuation from Mariupol a reality.
On April 26, Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The conversation lasted about an hour. The President of the Russian Federation outlined his version of events in Ukraine.
Peskov denied the agreement on UN participation in the evacuation from Mariupol
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Source: korrespondent
