Zelenskyy, Erdogan discuss evacuation from Mariupol, possible security guarantees from Turkey

Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They discussed the evacuation from blocked by russians Mariupol and possible security guarantees from Turkey.

RBC-Ukraine reported this with reference to Hurriyet.

Erdoğan said it is necessary to evacuate the wounded and civilians of Mariupol. He also expressed readiness to provide full assistance in the negotiation process between Ukraine and russia.

"President Erdoğan has stated that he also positively considers becoming a security guarantor for Ukraine", - the statement said.

They also report that in the coming hours Erdoğan will have a telephone conversation with the President of the aggressor country, Vladimir Putin.

Zelenskyy announced that the telephone conversation was important in the context of Erdoğan's future contact with Putin.

"I had an important telephone conversation with President Erdoğan on the day before his talks with Putin, stressing the need to immediately evacuate civilians from Mariupol, including "Azovstal", and to exchange the blocked military immediately", - he wrote on Twitter.

Earlier the Deputy Commander of the Azov regiment captain Svyatoslav Palamar recorded the video address concerning evacuation of the civilians and military garrison from Mariupol. He stressed that civilians hiding from the russian shelling at "Azovstal" do not have the opportunity to leave their basements. They are afraid because despite the statements of the russian troops about the ceasefire, the shelling continues.

Palamar called for security guarantees and announced that civilians could leave the plant only with the support of a third party.

The Commander of the 36th Marine Brigade, Major Serhiy Volyna, called on Germany to act as a guarantor of the evacuation.