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UN urged to oversee steel mill evacuation 

The Week | 25/04/2022 09:32 PM | Click to read full article

Ukraine has said the United Nations should oversee an evacuation route for civilians from the besieged steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian troops' last stronghold in the port city.

Ukrainian officials have said that 1,000 civilians have sheltered at the sprawling steel plant. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has scheduled to visit Russia and Ukraine this week.

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