At least five civilians were killed in 24 hours in the region of Lugansk, in eastern Ukraine, the epicenter of fierce fighting with Russian troops, announced Friday morning May 27 the governor of the region Serguiï Gaïdaï.
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Four civilians were killed in Severodonetsk, a regional capital under the control of the Ukrainian authorities that the Russians are seeking to conquer, and 50 buildings were damaged there, he said.
A man was also killed by a shell in Komychouvakha, 50 kilometers from Severodonetsk.
"Mass killings"
"
The people of Severodonetsk have forgotten what a ceasefire for at least half an hour
is," Sergey Gaidai wrote on Telegram.
"
The Russians are constantly shelling the residential areas
."
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk, another region of Donbass in eastern Ukraine, reported Thursday evening five civilians killed during the day.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of carrying out "
genocide
" in the Donbass, in his video address Thursday evening.
"
The current offensive by the occupiers in the Donbass could empty the region of its inhabitants
", asserted Volodymyr Zelensky, accusing the invaders of seeking to "
reduce to ashes
" Severodonetsk and other towns in the region.
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Russian forces are carrying out "
deportations
" and "
mass killings of civilians
" in the Donbass, continued Volodymyr Zelensky, denouncing "
an obvious policy of genocide carried out by Russia
".