secretary-general, antonio gut guterres, and he said he agreed in principle to evacuate ukrainians from mariupol. sparks tweeted the usefulness of united nations and the legacy of antonio guterres will be defined by his ability to evacuate civilians and soldiers from the besieged steel plant in mariupol. do you agree? and if the u.n. cannot actually pull this off, what is the use of the u.n.? well, it s a tall order for the u.n., which doesn t have an army to do something that the ukrainians or no one else has been able to do, which is to try to keep vladimir putin to his words. this is not the first time that the russian leader has said that he would work with international organizations, whether it s the red cross or others, to allow civilians to leave mariupol. he s done it repeatedly and it s