United Nation:
A third operation is underway to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and the besieged Azovstal steel plant, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council on Thursday.
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have helped nearly 500 civilians flee the area in two operations so far last week. Guterres declined to provide details about the new operation “so as not to undermine its potential success”.
“I hope that continued coordination with Moscow and Kiev will lead to more humanitarian pauses to allow civilians safe passage from the fighting and help to reach those in critical need,” he told the 15-member Security Council. “We must continue to do everything we can to get people out of this hell.”
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