Ukraine deputy PM: the UN must help Mariupol evacuation

Ukrainian's deputy prime minister has appealed to the United Nations to help evacuation efforts out of Mariupol, which has been under siege for two months..

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Joining Julian Worricker are Catherine Nicholson, European Affairs Editor for the France 24 TV network, and Remi Adekoya, a Polish-Nigerian writer and politics lecturer at the University of York.

(Photo: A man walks near damaged buildings in Mariupol 22/04/2022 Reuters)