Drone attack on Russian army, Donetsk residents urged to flee ‘Russian terror’ by Zelensky

9:35 a.m.: Zelensky urges residents of Donetsk region to flee Russian terror

In a video on Saturday evening, Volodymyr Zelensky called on residents of the Donetsk region to evacuate to escape “Russian terror” and bombardments in this territory in the east of the country, largely under Moscow’s control.

“A government decision has been taken on the compulsory evacuation of the Donetsk region”, specified the Ukrainian President. “The more people leave the Donetsk region now, the fewer people the Russian army will kill,” he said, adding that “at this stage of the war, terror is Russia’s main weapon,” he said. he hammered again. At least 200,000 civilians still live in the territories of the Donetsk region that are not under Russian occupation, according to an estimate by the Ukrainian authorities.