Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday asked the head of the UN to help save the lives of the remaining wounded Ukrainians trapped underneath the giant Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
"The lives of the people who remain there are in danger," Mr Zelenskyy told UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres by phone, after thanking him for a successful evacuation this week.
"Everyone is important to us. We ask for your help in saving them."
He called on the UN to "assist in the removal of all the wounded from Azovstal".
Ukraine said on Wednesday that there were fierce battles with Russian troops at the plant, where Ukrainian soldiers had been holed up with civilians for weeks.
Mr Zelenskyy said this week's evacuations, led by the UN and Red Cross, moved more than 100 people trapped in the Azovstal plant to safety, showing the world "that international organisations can be effective".
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Lone skater Roman Kovalenko, 18, amid the damage at Peace Square in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. All of his friends have fled. AFP -

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Shelling of the Azovstal steel plant complex in Mariupol. Reuters -

Violinist Irene Duval rehearses before a fundraiser to support Ukrainians arriving in the UK, at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London. PA -

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Galina Malets falls to her knees before the funeral service for her brother, fallen soldier Igor Malets, 59, in Lviv. Getty -

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Natalia Rudneva, 59, was injured in overnight shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, that put her son in hospital. AP -

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People wait for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to begin a speech televised on a screen in City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark. Reuters -

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People pay their respects during the funeral for Ukrainian serviceman Ruslan Borovyk in St Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv. AP -

Crew chiefs and engineers with the 158th Fighter Wing meet before launching F-35A Lightning II fifth-generation aircraft at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, US. More than 200 Vermont air guard personnel, plus equipment and eight F-35s, are now in Europe. AP -

Svitlana, 36, holds her sons Artem, 7, and Kyrylo, 5, while sheltering in a kindergarten in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Getty Images -

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A burning oil storage unit on the outskirts of Donetsk, Ukraine. Reuters -

Russian MiG-29SMT jet fighters, forming the symbol Z in support of Russian military action in Ukraine, fly over Red Square in Moscow during a rehearsal for the Second World War Victory Parade on May 9, 2022. AFP -

A warehouse after shelling in Severodonetsk, as fighting rages across Ukraine's east after a US warning that Moscow is preparing to formally annex eastern regions. AFP -

Katya, 11, waits for her mother's treatment to end at the Severodonetsk Hospital in Severodonetsk. AFP -

Antonina, 60, at a funeral home where she works and now lives with neighbours in Severodonetsk. AFP -

A Russian serviceman patrols a street near the sea port of Berdyansk, Ukraine. AFP -

A woman during the rally in front of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office in Kyiv. AFP -

Svitlana Karpenko, 53, at what is left of her house in Sloboda, Chernihiv region, Ukraine. She said it was destroyed by shelling. Reuters -

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Lyubov Lenko, 61, in front of her house in Budy, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, that she says was destroyed by shelling. Reuters -

Nina Stefuryak, 2, playing in a park in front of a building destroyed by shelling in Borodianka, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Reuters -

Mealtime at a centre for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia. AP -

Volunteers assist a man after his arrival from Mariupol at a centre for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia. AP -

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Firefighters damp down the ashes of a fire that destroyed a children's play area in Gorky Park in Kharkiv, Ukraine. EPA -

A woman touches a piano as she inspects the damage in a classroom after shelling at Kharkiv National Kotlyarevsky University of Arts. EPA -

US President Joe Biden and Lockheed Martin chief executive Jim Taiclet with Javelin anti-tank missile assembly workers during a tour of a Lockheed Martin weapons factory in Troy, Alabama, US. Reuters -

Residents collect humanitarian aid in Borodyanka, Ukraine. Getty Images
He "expressed hope for a successful continuation of the ongoing evacuation operation".
Moscow, which has denied it was storming the plant, said its forces would cease fire there to open a humanitarian corridor for civilians for three days starting on Thursday.
"The Russian armed forces will, from 8am to 6pm on May 5, 6 and 7, open a humanitarian corridor from the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant to evacuate civilians," the defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Civilians sheltering at the plant will be allowed to travel to Russia or Kyiv-controlled territory, the ministry said.
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