UN Secretary-General António Guterres meets with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Russian troops intensify their offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine, and the UN is involved to evacuate those who appear to be left behind in the eastern strategic point of Mariupol. Announced that they have agreed.

However, President Putin has not broken his strong stance toward the Ukrainian side, and it is still unclear whether it will lead to a breakthrough.

Russian troops are intensifying their offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine on the 26th, destroying arsenals and surface-to-air missile systems in and around Slovyansk, eastern Donetsk Oblast.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement that it had taken control of most of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts



as a result of previous military operations, as well as

the entire southern Kherson Oblast, and

▼ eastern Kharkiv and southeastern parts. It also claims to have seized part of Zaporizhia and southern Zmiiv, justifying the expansion of its territory.

In Kherson in the south, an armed person invaded the city council building and replaced the guards with a Russian person, the mayor said on social media on the 25th.

"Today, I was introduced to a person who claims to be the head of the new head of government of the city of Kherson. The commander of the Russian army explained that the authority of the mayor of Kherson would be transferred," the mayor said on his Facebook page on the 26th. It was revealed that it was forcibly dismissed from the Russian side.

The Ukrainian government and others have said that Russia is moving to hold a referendum in Kherson to justify the occupation, and is increasing caution.

Under these circumstances, US Secretary of Defense Austin said at a press conference on the 26th that the Russian army's force to continue the military invasion of Ukraine "There are considerable casualties in the ground troops. He used a lot of precision guided ammunition and lost major ships. In terms of military power, he has been weakened since the beginning of the invasion. "

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who embarked on an intermediary between Russia and Ukraine, which continues its military invasion, visited Moscow, the capital of Russia, for the first time since the Russian military invasion began on the 26th and met with President Putin.
















After the meeting, the United Nations announced that it had "in principle agreed to involve the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross" in order to evacuate the citizens who are believed to be left behind in Mariupol, a key point in eastern Ukraine. Is between the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Russia.



Secretary-General António Guterres will move to Ukraine after this and will meet with President Zelensky on the 28th, but Putin has not broken his strong stance toward the Ukraine side, and it is still possible that mediation by the UN top will lead to a breakthrough. The situation is uncertain.