Volodymyr Zelensky who is the Ukrainian President has made some revelations that show that Russia wants to burn five towns in his country to ashes.
The five towns are Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and Severodonetsk.
Zelensky said this in his nightly address on Thursday, according to CNN.
He also said that Russia’s intensified offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region reflects ‘an obvious policy of genocide’.
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“The current offensive of the occupiers in Donbas can make the region uninhabited,” Zelensky said.
“They want to burn Popasna, Bakhmut, Lyman, Lysychansk and Severodonetsk to ashes. Like Volnovakha, like Mariupol.”
“All this, including the deportation of our people and the mass killings of civilians, is an obvious policy of genocide pursued by Russia.”
Ukraine and Russia have been fighting since February this year, and many casualties have already been recorded as a result of the war.
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, on Friday, accused Western countries of waging a “total war” on Russia and its people and culture as Moscow pushes on with its military operation in Ukraine.
“The West has declared war on us, on the whole Russian world. The culture of cancelling Russia and everything connected with our country is already reaching the point of absurdity,” Lavrov said at a ministry meeting.
He accused the West of banning Russian writers, composers and other cultural figures.
“It is safe to say that this situation will be with us for a long time,” he added.
