Live: Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘genocide’ in Donbas

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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow on Thursday of carrying out a “genocide” in the eastern region of Donbas, where the city of Severodonetsk is suffering an onslaught of Russian shelling. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). 

7:16am: Zelensky condems Russia’s assault on Donbas

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Moscow’s brutal assault on the Donbas – where it has redirected its forces after having failed to capture Kyiv – adding that its bombardment could leave the entire region “uninhabited”.

“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. Pro-Moscow separatist groups have since 2014 controlled parts of Donbas, but Russia now appears set on taking the whole region.

Invading forces are closing in on several cities, including the strategically located Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, which stand on the crucial route to Ukraine’s eastern administrative centre in Kramatorsk.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

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