the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, accused this Thursday Russia of “genocide” for the deportation of citizens and the mass murder of civilians in the donbas.
In his usual late-night speech, Zelensky said that the current Russian offensive in donbas can leave the region uninhabited. They want to burn Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and Severodonetsk to ashes. Like Volnovakha, like Mariupol.
The Ukrainian president denounced that the Russian soldiers, who have occupied the country since February 24, are meeting in the cities and communities closest to the border with Russiain Donetsk and Lugansk, “to all who can to take the place of the dead and wounded in the occupation contingent.”
And he stated: “All this, including the deportation of our people and the mass murder of civilians, is a clear policy of genocide followed by Russia“.
He added that this Thursday the invading military bombed Kharkóv again and that at the moment the list of dead includes nine people and 19 wounded.
“All civilians. A child (five months old) and a father were killed. The mother is in serious condition. A nine-year-old girl is also among the injured.”
