The UN calls for an “immediate” truce in Mariupol to evacuate civilians

The UN called for a truce this Sunday.immediate” in the besieged city ukrainian from Mariupolin the southeast of the country, in order to evacuate civilians trapped in the town.

“We need a pause in the fighting to save lives. The longer we wait, the more lives will be at risk. They must be allowed to be safely evacuated now, today. Tomorrow might be too late.”said in a statement the United Nations coordinator for the crisis in UkraineAmin Awad

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The UN warned of the rapid deterioration in Mariupolwhere according to the mayor some 100,000 civilians are waiting to be evacuated and some 20,000 have died since the start of the war.

“The lives of tens of thousands, including women, children and the elderly, are at stake in Mariupol”, Awad insisted.

The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterreshad previously called for a humanitarian truce throughout Ukraine during the Orthodox Easter, but received no response from Russia.

Guterres is scheduled to visit Moscow on Tuesday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and travel to kyiv on Wednesday to speak with the Ukrainian leader. Volodymyr Zelensky.

Earlier, on Monday, he will meet in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is leading the main mediation effort to try to stop the conflict.

This Sunday, the Ukrainian government asked the UN to be in charge of guaranteeing a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor in Mariupol and defended that this must be the main objective of Guterres in Moscow.

Source: Elcomercio

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