Azovstal view. Photo: Global Look Press
United Nations Secretary-General's Office António Guterres said on Tuesday that the UN was ready to organize a new evacuation from Azovstal in Mariupol if civilians remained there, TASS said.
The UN will confirm the evacuation of all civilians from the power plant. “We can only list the number of people who were able to evacuate,” said UN Deputy Secretary-General Farhan Haq.
He noted that the organization allows new operations to rescue civilians from Mariupol.
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The issue of withdrawing the Ukrainian army from Azovstal has been referred to the International Committee of the Red Cross. On May 7, it was announced that all children, women and senior citizens had been evacuated from the power plant.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that 51 people had been evacuated from the power plant in the last three days.