“It Is Hell There”: Ukraine’s Zelensky Says Russia Has Destroyed Donbas

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday stated Russian forces had “absolutely destroyed” the economic Donbas place and accused Moscow of wearing out mindless bombardments because it intensified its offensive.

Zelensky additionally accused Russian forces of trying to kill as many Ukrainians and do as a whole lot harm as possible, repeating his rate that Russia become wearing out a genocide.

Zelensky stated that even as Ukrainian forces had been persevering with to free up the Kharkiv place to the east of Kyiv, Russia become seeking to exert even greater strain withinside the Donbas, which lies withinside the southeastern a part of Ukraine.

“It is hell there – and that isn’t an exaggeration,” he stated in a past due night time video address, including that 12 human beings have been killed withinside the “brutal and virtually mindless bombardment” of Severodonetsk on Thursday.

“(There are) regular moves at the Odesa place, at the towns of important Ukraine. The Donbas is absolutely destroyed,” he stated.

“This is a planned and crook try to kill as many Ukrainians as possible, to ruin as many houses, social centers and corporations as possible.”