President of Ukraine on the battlefield
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has visited the country’s war-torn eastern provinces.
This is Ukrainian President Zelensky’s first visit to eastern Ukraine since Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine on February 24.44
Eastern Ukraine borders Russia. The province of Donbass, inhabited by a large number of pro-Russian Russian-speaking peoples, is located in eastern Ukraine, including the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Russian forces have joined forces with anti-Ukrainian separatists in the Donbass region and are said to be occupying several cities in the province. Ukrainian forces are fighting to save those cities and prevent other cities from being captured by Russian forces.
Dressed in a bulletproof vest and accompanied by his security guards, Ukrainian President Zelensky visited the Kharkiv region. Heavy fighting has broken out in the Kharkiv region in recent days, but Ukrainian troops and civilians have been able to repel Russian forces trying to invade the city.
President Zelensky inspected buildings and homes destroyed by Russian attacks. ‘2,229 buildings destroyed by Russian attacks. Many small towns and villages were completely destroyed. But we are rebuilding all of this. We have the support of the international community, “said Zelensky.
According to foreign media reports, the Ukrainian president’s visit to Kharkiv province was a source of encouragement not only to Ukrainian soldiers, but also to the people of Kharkiv province who have joined the war and are fighting for their homeland.
President Zelensky has fired Roman Dudin, Kharkiv’s defense chief, for failing to take appropriate action in the city of Kharkiv.
(Reuters)