Russia blocks access to humanitarian aid in Mariupol to hide “thousands” of victims in the besieged city, where attacks and bombings continue, he said today. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“I think one of the main reasons why we can not send humanitarian aid to Mariupol is that, since the Russian soldiers have not ‘cleaned up’ everything, they are afraid that people will see what is happening there,” Zelensky said in an interview. granted on the Turkish television channel Habertürk. The interview was made public by the Ukrainian presidency.
“It is not about dozens but about thousands killed and thousands injured,” he continued. “We know how many (Ukrainian) soldiers were killed there and how many were wounded, but we do not know how many civilians”he added.
“But in any case (the Russians) will not be able to hide everything (…) Such a large number is impossible to silence. And I believe that we will all see it when we can enter “in Mariupol, he continued.
“In Bouka, for example, they tried to do it, they burned a lot of people in this area: in Bouka, Irpin, Hostomel. Families burned. Yesterday we found another family: the father, the mother and the two children. Young children. That is why I say: he is a Nazi “, the Ukrainian president insisted.
When asked about the possibility to continue talks with RussiaZelensky said the negotiations “should be done”.
“We do not have much appetite to negotiate with Russia after what we saw, no appetite, I have to tell you, because we understand what we are dealing with,” he added. But “we have to find even the slightest chance to negotiate” because “I think it is difficult to stop the war otherwise”, he concluded.
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