UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will meet today in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but according to experts, expectations from this meeting are very low, due to the fact that so far diplomatic efforts have failed. end of the war in Ukraine.

The meeting between Putin and Guterres is expected to focus on the besieged city of Mariupol, where despite the victory declared by Russian forces – they are failing to take control of the Azovstal steel plant.

Ukrainian forces have announced that Russia is continuing to block some Ukrainian fighters of the Azov battalion, inside this factory.

Ukraine has even asked Guterres to guarantee the opening of a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians inside Azovstal