• 1:08 a.m .: UN Security Council for “peaceful solution”, 50 people evacuated from Mariupol

The UN Security Council unanimously brought its "firm support" to "the search for a peaceful solution" in Ukraine on Friday, May 6, in a first demonstration of unity since the start of the Russian invasion of that country, where 50 additional civilians were evacuated from Mariupol, a besieged port city.

  • 11:19 p.m.: Diplomatic efforts to rescue fighters from Azovstal plant

Ukraine is trying to find a diplomatic solution to save the fighters defending the Azovstal plant in the port of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday, indicating that influential intermediaries and states were involved in these diplomatic efforts. .

Volodymyr Zelensky gave no further details.

With AFP and Reuters 

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