UN is ready to participate in the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal in occupied Mariupol.

During a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “intensive discussions” were underway on the involvement of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the evacuation process. Amid Guterres' visit to Kyiv, two rockets hit the city injuring six people.