Zelenskyy blasts Russian ‘terror’ as Mariupol art school sheltering 400 is struck

Russia’s “terror” unleashed on town of Mariupol, Ukraine, this month can be “remembered for hundreds of years to return,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy predicted Sunday.

Zelenskyy’s remarks got here in his newest video assertion to Ukraine’s residents, The Related Press reported.

The remarks coincided with Sunday experiences that Russian forces had destroyed an artwork faculty constructing in Mariupol the place as many as 400 individuals have been believed to have sought shelter.

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No rapid estimates emerged on potential casualties however native officers stated about 130 individuals had been rescued and extra may stay below the rubble, the AP reported.

“To do that to a peaceable metropolis, what the occupiers did, is a terror that can be remembered for centures to return,” Zelenskyy stated, in accordance with the report.

Beforehand in Mariupol, a theater getting used as a shelter additionally was bombed – regardless of the message “Youngsters” in Russian posted outdoors as a plea for the positioning to be spared.

Satellite tv for pc imagery captured by Maxar reveals the Mariupol Drama Theater in Ukraine earlier than and after an airstrike March 16, 2022. The phrase “kids” will be seen in white letters.
(Satellite tv for pc picture ©2022 Maxar Applied sciences)

Zelenskyy additionally claimed that Russian fighters weren’t stopping to get better the our bodies of their very own lifeless troops in some areas of Ukraine.

“In locations the place there have been particularly fierce battles, the our bodies of Russian troopers merely pile up alongside our line of protection — and nobody is accumulating these our bodies,” he stated. 

He described a battle close to Chornobayivka within the south, the place Ukrainian forces held their positions and 6 occasions beat again the Russians, who simply stored “sending their individuals to slaughter.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine, in an undated photograph.
(Ukrainian Presidential Press Workplace through AP)

Zelenskyy additionally reiterated the necessity for persevering with peace talks with the Russians, saying such negotiations have been “not easy or nice, however they’re mandatory.”

“Ukraine has all the time sought a peaceable resolution,” stated Zelenskyy, who spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday. “Furthermore, we’re considering peace now.”

The Russian invasion that started Feb. 24 is now in its fourth week.

The Related Press contributed to this story.