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Russian troops want Donbas destroyed, Zelenskyy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian troops were targeting key cities in eastern Ukraine with an aim “to destroy everything there.”
In his nightly address, Zelenskyy said: “In fact, all the strength the Russian army still has was thrown there to attack. Lyman, Popasna, Severodonetsk, Slovyansk — the occupiers want to destroy everything there.”
Mourning…