Donbas faces ‘terrible’ moment, says Zelensky

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“The cost of the Donbas war for us is very high. it’s just terribleUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this Tuesday in a speech at dawn on the 111th day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as the war continues. Severodonetsk.

In the key city of the city of Lugansk all the bridges in the city were destroyedBecause of this, it is impossible to evacuate the civilian population, Serghiy Haidai, head of the Military Administration of the Lugansk Region, said on Monday. Now, the exit of civilians from the chemical plant is being negotiated. darnedIt is feared that about 500 of them remain, forty of whom are children, so a situation similar to the one that occurred in the steel mill may occur. Azovstal in Mariupol.

In addition to this Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Maliar He accused Russia of using the invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24, as a testing ground. to research new weapons that violate international law,” he said.

During the 24-hour national news broadcast on Ukrainian television, Maliar stated that “the Russians are using a wide variety of weapons on Ukrainian soil that are prohibited by international law.” “And not only that: ethey use some guns for tests, for research. They actually use the war to test new weapons, and all that applies here,” he added.

By the way, Ukrainian police launched criminal proceedings to investigate the deaths of more than 12,000 UkrainiansMost of them are found in mass graves, explained Ihor Klymenko, head of the National Police.

In an interview with the local agency Interfax-Ukraine, the police chief said, they hold 1,200 corpses that were also found in mass graves, not yet identified. “We have received reports of more than 12,000 deaths, most of them in mass graves, and have opened relevant criminal proceedings (to investigate),” Klymenko said. He noted that more than 1,500 civilians were killed in the Kyiv region alone.

On your own behalf ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskycondemned the news blockade this Monday and even “civilization”, He demanded that the inhabitants of the occupied south be informed that “there will be liberation”, although he admitted this in the war in the Donbas. “price is scary”. In his usual late-night speech, Zelensky said, “We must understand that the occupiers do not simply keep the occupied territories under an information blockade. I call it a civilizational blockade.”

Moreover He accused Russia of “trying to make sure people don’t know anything about Ukraine”. and how we are trying to liberate our lands. They’re trying to stop thinking about returning to normal life, forcing them to make peace.”

In some regions, Zelensky added: passengers intentionally prevent power from being restored (…) They blocked communication. Our TV is turned off. “They have closed the exit of the occupation and are not even allowing humanitarian corridors so that we can bring people at least basic goods and medicines,” he said.

“To anyone who has the opportunity to communicate with people in the occupied south, in the Donbas, in the Kharkov region. Tell them about Ukraine. Tell them the truth. Tell them that there will be liberation.”

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