Antonio Guterres proclaims 'war is evil' as he is shown devastated locations near Kyiv. Ukraine live updates:
Updates from Sky News correspondents Deborah Haynes near Belarus border, Alex Rossi in Barvinkove, Martin Austin in Dnipro and Mark Stone on the Moldova-Transnistria border. Live reporting by Emily MeeMilitary hospital in Mariupol steelworks hit by bomb as civilians live in 'simply horrible' conditions
Describing the damage to the medical facilities, he said:"The operation room was completely destroyed, just field conditions, we can no longer operate on the wounded. The situation is critical. Medical support is absent. The conditions in which servicemen and civilians, children and the elderly are trying to survive are simply horrible."
"We believe that a military operation would cause many victims and it would take a long time. We will suffer losses in wounded and dead." He said his government aims to end imports of Russian coal and oil this year, but it will take longer to be weaned off gas. Mr Grossi said there had been a small increase in levels of radiation around the excavation areas, but this was"not judged as one posing a great danger to the environment or to people at the moment".
He said this would include helping Ukraine to upgrade from old Soviet-era weapons to modern Western military equipment. Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko said:"We now see what this"friendship" is - destruction of Ukrainian cities ... killing tens of thousands of peaceful people. I am convinced such a monument has an entirely different meaning now."12:53:01The speaker of the House of Commons should write to his Russian counterpart to ask for the list of sanctioned MPs to be updated, it has been suggested.
It also named Sir Oliver Letwin, Dominic Grieve and Justine Greening - who all had the whip withdrawn for rebelling over Brexit and were no longer MPs after the 2019 election. He said Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda, was"really uptight, after all the hard work he had done, that he did not achieve what others have been granted... without any effort whatsoever".
This includes 11,110 people through the sponsorship route - 21.6% of the 51,300 people with visas granted.Overall, less than a third of those granted visas under both schemes have arrived in the UK. Mr Peskov also spoke out about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. He said Russia will wait and see how the billionaire's ownership will affect the platform, but added that he doubted Western social media is capable of reflecting different points of view.
Tatiana Pirogova, a Kharkiv resident, spoke of the intense fear of living under constant bombardment."When they shoot during the day, it's still OK, but when the evening comes, I can't describe how scary it is."
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