UN Secretary-General Guterres meets with Putin in Moscow on Tuesday

In the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, the Azov steel works are still contested. Soldiers and civilians have holed up there.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres will travel to Moscow on Monday and meet with the Russian there on Tuesday President Vladimir Putin meet. Guterres Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced on Friday that he would also hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The UN chief had previously requested a meeting with Putin.
They are still contested Asow-Stahlwerke in the port city of Mariupol, in which soldiers and civilians have holed up. The Russian military says it wants to call a ceasefire in Mariupol and create a humanitarian corridor to the steelworks should the Ukrainians surrender. To do this, the Ukrainians would have to hoist white flags.
With its offensive in the east, Russia is striving to full control over the Donbass and one Country corridor to the annexed peninsula of Crimea and to the breakaway region of Transnistria in Moldova. This should happen as part of a second phase of the military operation, according to the Interfax news agency. In this way, a “land connection” to the Crimea and later can be created.
Since the withdrawal of Russian troops more than three weeks ago 1084 dead found in Kyiv region said the police chief of the region, Andriy Nebytov. These are civilians.