Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday visited Ukrainian troops on the Donetsk front line in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces are concentrating their efforts.
“On his return from a visit abroad, President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Ukrainian armed forces on the front line in Vugledar-Maryinka in the Donetsk region,” the Ukrainian presidency said in a statement.
The military offensive launched on February 24, 2022 by Russia in Ukraine has so far caused the flight of more than 14.7 million people -6.5 million internally displaced persons and more than 8.2 million to European countries-, according to the latest data from the UN, which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
At least 18 million Ukrainians need humanitarian aid and 9.3 million need food aid and housing.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war, which today entered its day 453, 8,895 civilian deaths and 15,117 wounded, stressing that these figures are far below the real ones.
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin as the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the wider international community, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia in political and economic sanctions.
In addition to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed in 2014, Moscow has declared, since the start of the war, the annexation of four regions of Ukraine -Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporojia-, although it does not control all the respective territories. .
Source: TSF
