Zelensky accuses Russia of “genocide” in the Donbass

The Ukrainian president accused Russia of practicing “genocide” in Donbass, in the east of the country, where the city of Severodonetsk suffered a deluge of bombs. “The current offensive by the occupiers in Donbass could make the region uninhabited,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in his Thursday night televised address, accusing the invaders of seeking to “burn down” Severodonetsk and other cities. of the region.
Russian forces practice “deportation” and “mass killing of civilians” in the Donbass, he continued, denouncing “an obvious policy of genocide carried out by Russia”.