Zelenskyy: Donbas Region Completely Destroyed

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Friday, May 20th, 2022 10:26am

By Ciara Noble @niaracoble

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File image: Volodymyr Zelenskyy via @ZelenskyyUa/Twitter

During Russia's invasion

Russian troops are being accused of creating "hell" in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

The country's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the region has been completely destroyed during Moscow's invasion.

In the south-eastern city of Mariupol, there are claims some Ukrainian soldiers may still be underground in the Azovstal steel works, despite more than 1,700 people being evacuated.

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko says the fighters are doing all they can to stay alive:

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