Faced with Russian breakthrough, Volodymyr Zelensky cancels his trips abroad

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War in Ukraine: faced with the Russian breakthrough, Volodymyr Zelensky cancels his trips abroad
War in Ukraine: faced with the Russian breakthrough, Volodymyr Zelensky cancels his trips abroad
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Russian troops are advancing in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine. On Wednesday May 15, the Kremlin army claimed the capture of two new villages.

A Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine forced Volodymyr Zelensky to shake up his agenda. The Ukrainian president has canceled all his foreign trips planned for the coming days. He was notably expected in Madrid (Spain). The visit is postponed by the urgency of the war against the Kremlin. kyiv announced the sending of reinforcements to the Kharkiv region because Russian troops are advancing.

On Wednesday May 15, the Kremlin army claimed the capture of two new villages in the north of the country. As a result, thousands of people had to flee. “It’s really hard, there was a bombing. My son was very scared, I thought he would never speak again”, confides a resident of Vovtchansk (Ukraine). In total, around thirty localities in the north of the country were affected by Russian bombings, pushing more than 6,000 people onto the roads.


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