“The President (of Russia Vladimir Putin. -
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) agreed in principle to the participation of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol,” RIA Novosti quotes Dujarric.
According to him, further discussions on this issue will be held by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Earlier, during negotiations with UN Secretary General António Guterres, Putin compared the Ukrainian military holding civilians at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol with terrorists.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, all the remnants of the Ukrainian Azov militants, together with foreign mercenaries from the United States and Europe, are securely blocked on the territory of Azovstal.