Russia attacks: Zelenskyj calls for refugees to flee Donetsk – “Believe me”
Created: 07/31/2022 05:33
By: Tobias Utz
Russian attacks on Mykolayiv on Sunday morning.
Selenskyj calls for leaving Donetsk: the news ticker on Sunday, July 31.
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+++ 5.30 a.m .:
In the early hours of the morning, the Russian army also attacked Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine.
The mayor asked people to go to shelters.
First report from Sunday, July 31, 5:00 a.m.:
Donetsk – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has called on the population to leave the city of Donetsk immediately.
He justified this with the massive rocket fire by the Russian army on the entire Donbass.
On Saturday evening (July 30), he said in a video address that it was no longer safe.
"In the Donbass there are hundreds of thousands of people, tens of thousands of children, many refuse to leave."
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.
© Ukrainian Presidential Press Office / dpa
He urged the people of Donbass to make this decision.
"Believe me," he pleaded.
"The more people leave the Donetsk region, the fewer people the Russian army can kill." The government in Kyiv had previously ordered an official evacuation because the citizens had to get to safety in time before winter.
With gas lines destroyed by Russian missiles, heating in the Donbass is likely to become almost impossible.
Zelenskyy emphasized that everything is being organized for people to flee from the areas of the region still controlled by Ukraine.
"Break up, we'll help." (do with dpa / AFP)
