Volodymyr Zelenskiy has stated that the withdrawal of Russian forces is causing “a catastrophic tragedy” by leaving mines on homes and bodies behind.
This comes as renewed missile strikes on Ukrainian cities have been reported .Saturday morning, as the humanitarian crisis in the besieged city of Mariupol worsened.
And Russian forces were reportedly impeding evacuation attempts for a second day in a row, the president of Ukraine issued the warning.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin has claimed that the Ukrainians attacked a gasoline facility in Russia with helicopters.
Reported Missile Attacks on the Cities of Kremenchuk and Poltava
According to Zelenskiy, the Russians are pulling back “slowly but clearly,” despite reports of missile attacks on the central Ukrainian cities of Poltava and Kremenchuk early Saturday morning.
As the yearly military conscription drive was launched by the Kremlin, he also urged with Russian families to not allow their young men to enlist.
There should not be any more corpses around here. Stop your kids from growing up to be bad guys by saving them.
Don’t conscript them! Keep them alive by any means necessary. He added that he thought Russia was trying to enlist conscripts from Crimea and urged the locals to stay home.
The Ukrainian military reported on Friday that they had retaken 29 towns and villages in the Kiev and Chernihiv areas.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Has Described His Nation as “One of The Most Contaminated By Mines”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared that his country is “one of the most contaminated by mines in the world”
And that authorities are currently clearing thousands from the locations from which Russian soldiers have retreated in recent weeks.
He stated that the Russian soldiers had left the explosives behind “to kill or maim as many of our people as possible.”
It was a war crime, he claimed, and the Russian soldiers who committed it must have been following orders from above.
As reported by Human Rights Watch and The New York Times, Russian forces in eastern Kharkiv, Ukraine, appear to be utilising sophisticated land mines.
Several state and municipal officials have reported that bomb squads in their areas have discovered explosive devices in abandoned homes.
Conclusion
In spite of this, Ukraine and its allies have cautioned that the Kremlin is not de-escalating to foster trust at the bargaining table, as it has claimed. But is instead resupplying and transferring its troops to the country’s east.
These actions look like they’re leading up to an assault on the predominantly Russian-speaking Donbas region in the country’s east, where Mariupol is located.
