Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits front-line troops as Russia intensifies assaults

As Russia escalated its assaults, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid a go to to front-line troops on Sunday.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits a place of Ukrainian service members, as Russia’s assault on Ukraine continues (Photo: Reuters)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited front-line troops within the southeastern area of Zaporizhzhia, his workplace mentioned on Sunday, every week after an identical journey to the northeastern Kharkiv area.

“I want to thank you for your great work, for your service, for protecting all of us, our state,” the assertion quoted Zelenskyy as saying, including that he held a minute of silence for fallen troops.

Oleksandr Starukh, governor of the Zaporizhzhia area, informed Zelenskyy that some 60% of the area’s territory is beneath Russian occupation, with greater than 2,700 infrastructure objects both broken or destroyed.

Zelenskyy’s workplace later mentioned the president additionally visited a medical facility within the area and spoke with folks compelled to depart their houses, together with from Mariupol, which is now in Russian palms after being beneath siege for weeks.

He promised motion to make sure that all displaced folks could be correctly rehoused.

“We will truly help you tackle this issue,” the president’s workplace quoted him as saying.