UN helicopter fire on a controlled by Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast on Monday.Alassane Ouattara forces camp say that they expect to collect Laurent Gbagbo from TuesdayU.N. Peacekeepers try to prevent attacks on CiviliansSecurity "deteriorated dramatically," which is United Nations of chief SaysOuattara internationally recognised winner of the presidential election in C?te d ' IvoireEditor's Note: background context and explainer on what the cause of the conflict in C?te d'Ivoire(CNN) - forces loyal to President Alassane Ouattara have surrounded the residence of the rival Laurent Gbagbo, a spokesman for Ouattara told CNN Monday night.
He said Patrick Achi is about 80% sure that Gbagbo still inside the Presidential Palace and Tuesday is gathered.
"We do not see why he will not abandon," Achi said, adding the new Gbagbo Government by the International Court of Justice have tried search can.
CNN could not independently Achi's claims, which confirm a report included that Gbagbo's TV station was destroyed.
The United Nations said that it does not know what could happen in the Palace.
UN helicopter to a camp on Monday the use of heavy weapons against civilians and UN peacekeepers to prevent controlled by Gbagbo triggered, said a spokesman for un.
"The security situation dramatically forces Ouattara faithful and the loyal has deteriorated with an escalation of the conflict to Gbagbo", said Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Monday.
UN peacekeeping Director Alain Le Roy told reporters of the body takes sides in the conflict, but after three days the fire of Gbagbo forces and the four United Nations peacekeeping forces severely injured had left.
Heavy weapons are close to the Presidential Palace and can be countered by Tuesday, Le Roy said.
Gbagbo refuses, makes on Ouattara, transferred, recognised it international as President of the country to elections.
The fighting a "heavy load" civilians took over, said the Secretary General in a written statement.
"In the last few days, loyal to Mr Gbagbo forces have intensified and escalated their use of heavy weapons such as mortars, bazookas and heavy machine guns against the civilian population in Abidjan," he said.
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy a letter to the Secretary General Monday his reject decision on French troops, who join military operations conducted by UNOCI, the United Nations in C?te d'Ivoire have mission.
"I think like you, that the protection of civilians in C?te d ' Ivoire threatened an urgent need, which the entire international community is together with the political efforts to resolve the current crisis in a way that respects the sovereign choice of the Ivorian people" Sarkozy wrote.
"These forces also the headquarters of the United Nations operation in C?te d ' Ivoire (UNOCI) in the Sebroko hotel with heavy caliber snipers and mortars and bazookas have targeted", the Secretary-General said. "Four peace-keeping forces have injured in the attacks was."
Several other peacekeepers were wounded sent to the protection of civilians in attacks on UNOCI patrols and convoys transporting wounded in Abidjan, city, he said.
Meanwhile France called his in Abidjan, to the Embassy or a hotel for their safety, come as a battle for the city came forward.
"Our Ambassador in Abidjan a message to the French-speaking community and you to inform them of this decision statements to follow issued,", said spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Bernard Valero Monday.
The shift from Abidjan's 12,000 French nationals is voluntary he said.
France one sent additional 350 peacekeepers in the country over the weekend and took control of the airport in Abidjan, the French Ministry of Defense said Sunday. The existing UN peacekeeping mission around 7,500 troops joined the new French troops already in the country.
Foreign journalists reported, targeted and put under the microscope. A group of journalists from the French television station France 2 fired on Gbagbo's forces as she tried to leave the Novotel hotel in Abidjan, according to the channel and, not their name used two journalists, to ensure their safety.
Since then have Gbagbo forces patrols were the rooms remain foreign journalists there to leave, that said sources to prevent.
A journalist in the city, said Sunday that many people were afraid that their homes were abandoned but forced, from car, to get water.
Seyi Rhodes, staying at a hotel in Abidjan, C?te d'Ivoire is said people risk were, to a water pump of close shot to. He saw, French journalists under fire as she drove through the city, he said.
Much of the city has no electricity, he added, calling it "a really heavy-handed tactics, the people out there on the street."
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton required Sunday, that Gbagbo step aside immediately.
"Gbagbo C?te d'Ivoire urges in lawlessness,", she said, using the French name for the country. "He must now leave you can to put an end to the conflict."
She called also "on the powers of the President to respect the rules of war Ouattara and stop attacks on civilians."
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday that had 800 people to death in the Western cocoa-producing town of Duekoue was shot dead. A UN official of casualties set so far to 330 on Friday, and the investigation continued Tuesday.
The massacre occurred last week between Monday and Wednesday as Ouattara of Republican forces, led an offensive by the country to Abidjan, said Guillaume Ngefa, the Deputy human rights Director of the United Nations Mission in C?te d'Ivoire.
He blame 220 deaths on forces loyal to Ouattara. Ngefa said Pro-Gbagbo forces killed 100 people.
Other groups have different estimates of the number of deaths.
Ouattara camp said it "firmly such accusations and participation is the Republican armed forces of C?te d'Ivoire in possible abuses denied."
But his Ambassador to the United Nations said Monday evening that he welcomed an international investigation because Ouattara believes in the rule of law.
"If some troops we have committed a crime, they will react in court,", said Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba.
Ouattara denied the UN Secretary General, that his troops were responsible, but said he had launched an investigation.
Ngefa said, so far, 320 bodies have been identified, and the actual number could be much higher. He said the dead civilians as mercenaries also included.CNN's Aliza Kassim, Niki Cook, David Wilkinson, Claudia Dominguez, Carey Bodenheimer, Elise Labott, Karen Smith and Moni Basu contributed to this report
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