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Two projectiles hit Kiev on Thursday

during the visit of the UN Secretary General

, Antonio Guterres, according to the capital's mayor, Vitali Klitchkó.

"Tonight, the enemy fired on Kiev.

There have been two hits in the Shevchenkivski district.

All emergency services are on the scene. Information about possible victims is being clarified," the councilor wrote on his Telegram channel.

President Volodimir Zelensky's adviser, Mijailo Podoliak, also reported on the attack, stressing that the bombing took place during Guterres' visit.

"

The day before he was

sitting at a long table in the Kremlin

and today there are explosions over his head

. A postcard from Moscow? "He wrote on his Twitter account.

"Remember why Russia still has a seat on the Security Council?" he added.

Guterres, who met with Zelensky today, said

that the UN is doing "everything possible"

to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal metallurgical plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where some 1,000 people remain refugees along with some 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers. .

"We do everything to make it a reality. My first and only priority is the people who are suffering and who have to be rescued," he told a news conference after meeting with the Ukrainian president.

Guterres noted that he had "intense talks" with Zelensky to "make the evacuation of Mariupol a reality", although he ruled out speaking of specific deadlines.

"

It is a crisis within a crisis.

While we continue to demand a large-scale ceasefire, we also continue to call for immediate practical steps to save lives and alleviate suffering," admitted the Portuguese diplomat.

The UN chief spoke of "

effective humanitarian corridors

", "cessions of hostilities at the local level" and "safe passages for civilians and supply routes".

"Today the people of Mariupol are in desperate need of such action. Thousands of civilians are in need of vital assistance. Many are elderly in need of medical assistance or have limited mobility. They need an escape route from the apocalypse," he said.

In turn, Zelensky assured: "

I believe that a successful result in unblocking Azovstal is possible

."

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