Ukraine-Russia war, “we expect and still hope to be able to reach an agreement through diplomatic channels”. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting in Moscow with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stating that “negotiations via videoconference will continue” with the Ukrainian delegation and that he hopes for a positive outcome.
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There was “a turning point” in recent talks in Istanbul that derailed after the Bucha horrors were exposed, Putin added, explaining it was “a provocation” where the Russian army was “not there” for nothing enter.”
As reported by Tass, Putin stated that “Russia, as one of the founding countries of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, has always supported this universal organization, unique in its kind, but there is no other such organization in the world international community”. Referring to Guterres, the Russian President also said to “strongly support the principles on which the UN is based, now and in the future”.
Mariupol – Putin then defined the situation in Mariupol as “complicated” and “tragic”. Citing a phone call earlier today with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during which the Turkish president allegedly discussed ongoing military operations in the southern Ukrainian port city, Putin said: “No, military operations there have ended. There are no military operations in Mariupol.”
Putin accused Ukrainian fighters of “hiding behind civilians at the Azovstal Steel Plant” and told Guterres that more than 100,000 people “freely left Mariupol to go wherever they wanted” or “some in Russia, some in Ukraine”. . They lied to you when they told you that the Russian humanitarian corridors are not working. They work according to our system,” Putin told Guterres.
U.N. – Russian President Vladimir Putin, reading a statement at the end of their meeting, has accepted in principle the involvement of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the evacuation of citizens who are in the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol. Guterres “reaffirmed the position of the United Nations on Ukraine” and with Putin “they discussed the proposals for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians from conflict zones,” according to the spokesman for the Secretary-General of Nations, Stephane Dujarric.
The UN also said further talks between the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Russian Defense Ministry will take place at a later date.