Zelensky accuses Russia of not recovering the bodies of its soldiers killed in the war

In an intervention in Russian posted on the Internet from Saturday to Sunday night, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyclaimed that the bodies of Russian soldiers were scattered on the battlefields and had not been collected.

“In places where the fighting is particularly fierce, the first line of our defense is simply littered with the corpses of Russian soldiers. And no one is removing these bodies.” said.

The new units sent as reinforcements They continue their offensive by passing “over” the corpses, he assured. “I want to ask the citizens of Russiawhat have they done to you for years so that you do not notice your losses?

According to Zelensky, more than 14,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the invasion.

The Ukrainian president, who asserted his Jewish heritage in his search for support against the Russian invasion, will address the Ukrainian Parliament by videoconference this Sunday afternoon. Israel, country trying to mediate between Moscow and kyiv.

Separately, Australia on Sunday extended its sanctions against Russiaimmediately banning exports of alumina and bauxite, and promised more arms and humanitarian assistance for kyiv.

The export ban is intended to impact aluminum production in Russia, which relies 20% on alumina from Australia, the Canberra government said.

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson asked China on Sunday to take a stand and condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, joining his voice to that of Zelenskywhich on Saturday asked Beijing to “condemn the barbarism” committed by Moscow.

Some 180,000 people have managed to escape combat zones through humanitarian corridors, according to Zelenskyand 6,623 did so on Saturday (of which 4,128 from Mariupol and 1,820 from kyiv), according to the Ukrainian authorities.

“But the occupiers continue to block humanitarian aid, especially around sensitive areas. It is a well-known tactic (…) it is a war crime”, affirmed the president.

Since February 24, more than 3.2 million Ukrainians have gone into exile, almost two-thirds of them to Poland.

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