Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv have killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities say, the latest in a series of artillery barrages across the country in the past day that left at least 10 dead and nearly 20 wounded in eastern and southern regions.
The Russians are "deliberately turning Donbas into ashes, and there will be just no people left on the territories captured", Mr Haidai said.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken strongly condemned the "unlawful transfer and deportation of protected persons" from areas in Ukraine that Russia now controls. He said an estimated 900,000 to 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens — including 260,000 children — have been interrogated, detained and deported to Russia, in areas including the country's far east."Moscow's actions appear pre-meditated and draw immediate historical comparisons to Russian "filtration" operations in Chechnya and other areas," the US official said.
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