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Ukraine War: Zelensky Accuses Russia Of Carrying Out ‘Genocide’ In Donbas Onslaught

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3 years ago

May 27, 2022.

Benard Joseph

Zelensky Accuses Russia Of Carrying Out ‘Genocide’ In Donbas Onslaught.
Zelensky said Russia’s brutal assault on the Donbas could leave the entire region “uninhabited” during his latest national address.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of carrying out a “genocide” in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Sievierodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling.

Zelensky said Russia’s brutal assault on the Donbas could leave the entire region “uninhabited” during his latest national address.

Moscow’s offensive in Donbas could end up leaving the region “uninhabited,” he said, accusing the Russians of wanting to reduce its cities to ashes.

“All this, including the deportation of our people and the mass killings of civilians, is an obvious policy of genocide pursued by Russia,” he said in his daily televised address.

Russian President Vladimir Putin in late February sent troops into Ukraine, saying the campaign aimed to stop the “genocide” of Russian speakers in the pro-Western country.

In April, Ukraine’s parliament backed a resolution recognising the actions of the Russian military in the country as “genocide”.

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US President Joe Biden used the same expression, saying Putin appeared intent on “trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a Ukrainian”.

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