Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who will visit Russia on Tuesday, April 26, to put pressure on the Russian Federation to carry out the evacuation from the besieged Mariupol, informs AP.

“Guterres should focus primarily on one issue: the evacuation from Mariupol. This is really what the UN is capable of. And if he demonstrates political will, character and integrity, I hope this will allow us to take another step forward," Kuleba.

According to Kuleba, he is concerned that the UN Secretary General, visiting the Russian Federation before his trip to Kyiv, may fall into the Kremlin "

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