Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the war-torn southern border on Saturday for the first time since Russian aggression, as “fierce fighting” erupted again in the eastern Donbass region. taking a rare trip outside Kyiv Where he is located for security reasons, Zelensky travels to the hold-out of the city of the Black Sea. mycolive and visited troops in the nearby and in the neighboring Odessa region.
Russian forces have directed their firepower east and south of Ukraine in recent weeks after failing to capture the capital Kyiv after being struck by lightning on February 24. “It is important that you are alive. As long as you are alive there is a strong Ukrainian wall that protects our country,” Zelensky told soldiers in the Odessa region. “I want to thank you on behalf of the people of Ukraine, for your impeccable service, for the great work you are doing on behalf of our state. Mykolaiv is a prime target for Russia as it serves as the strategic Black Sea port of Odessa. It is about 100 km northwest of Kherson, which fell to Russia in the first weeks of the war.
Zelensky’s office said the president also visited the regional capital Mykolaiv and inspected its destroyed administrative building, where 37 people were killed when a missile blasted through the building in late March. Russian forces reached the outskirts of Mykolaiv in early March, but were driven back. Zelensky also visited a hospital in Mykolaiv and honored the mayor Oleksandr Senkevich and the governor with honors of bravery. Vitaly Kim For his work during the four months after the invasion of Russia, his office said in separate statements.
Meanwhile, the worst bloodshed continues in the eastern industrial Donbass region, with fighting raging in villages outside the city of Svyarodonetsk, which Russia has been trying to seize for weeks. Governor of the Eastern Luhansk region, “now the most fierce battles are near Svyarodonetsk,” sargi gede, Told. Gede said there was “more destruction” at the besieged Azot chemical plant in Severodnetsk, where he said 568 people, including 38 children, were taking shelter. he also said lisichansk — a Ukrainian-controlled city across the river from battered Svyarodonetsk — “heavy shelling” is underway.
A Russian-backed representative said a major explosion occurred near Svyerodonetsk on Saturday and a large orange cloud was seen rising in the air. Rodion MiroshnikAn official of the self-styled separatist administration of the Lugansk People’s Republic posted a video about the cloud on the Telegram app. Three Russian missiles also destroyed a fuel storage depot in the eastern city of Novomoskovsk on Saturday. At least 11 people are reported to have been injured.
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