UN Coordinator leaves for Zaporizhzhia to make preparations for possible evacuation from Mariupol

At the request of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani has left for Zaporizhzhia to prepare for hopeful evacuation from the besieged city of Mariupol.

The relevant statement was made by UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani on Twitter, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“UN Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in Ukraine to meet President Zelensky. At his request, I am going to Zaporizhzhia to prepare for hopeful evacuation from Mariupol,” Lubrani wrote.

In her words, the UN is fully mobilized to help save Ukrainian lives and to assist those in need.

A reminder that, on April 27, 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Kyiv after his visit to Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Photo: Mariupol City Council

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