“You must hold Well”, he says to his soldiers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia on Sunday April 17 of wanting “destroy” the entire eastern region of Donbass. “Russian soldiers are preparing for an offensive in the east of our country in the near future, he advanced. They literally want to finish off and destroy the Donbass.” Follow our live, devoted in particular to the situation in Mariupol.
Russian strikes in the Donbass. The Russian Ministry of Defense assured on Sunday that “high-precision missiles had destroyed fuel and ammunition warehouses”, especially in Dobropillia, not far from Donetsk. “The constant shelling of the region continues,” lamented the Ukrainian governor of the Lugansk region.
Mariupol resists. “Russian military destroy Mariupol”denounced Volodymyr Zelensky, referring to a situation “inhuman”. “The city did not fall, added the Prime Minister, Denys Chmygal. Our soldiers are still there. They will fight until the end. As I speak to you, they are still in Mariupol.” kyiv ignored Russia’s ultimatum, which had asked the last Ukrainian soldiers in Mariupol to lay down their arms on Sunday.
The kyiv region targeted. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that it had fired high-precision missiles at an ammunition factory near Brovary. Over the past three days, Russian forces have carried out several strikes on military factories in the capital region, following the downing of the cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea.