Russia is blocking humanitarian access to Mariupol to hide the thousands of victims in this besieged city, where attacks and bombings continue, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced today.
I believe that one of the main reasons why we cannot send humanitarian aid to Mariupol is that since the Russian soldiers have not `cleared' everything, they are afraid that people will see what is happening there,[/I] Zelensky said in an interview with the Turkish TV channel Haberturk.
The interview was made public by the Ukrainian presidency. It is not about dozens but thousands killed and thousands wounded, he continued. We know how many (Ukrainian) soldiers were killed there and how many were wounded, but we do not know how many civilians, he added. But in any case, (the Russians) will not be able to hide everything () such a large number is impossible to conceal. And I think we will all see it when we can get into Mariupol, he continued.
In Bucha for example, they tried to do it, they burned many people in this area: in Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel. They burned families. Yesterday we found another family: the father, the mother, the two children. Little children. That's why I say: they are Nazis, the Ukrainian president insisted.
When asked about the possibility of resuming talks with Russia, Zelensky said that negotiations should be held. We don't have much appetite to negotiate with Russia after what we have seen, no appetite, I have to tell you, because we understand what we are dealing with, he added. But we have to find even the slightest chance to negotiate because I think it is difficult to stop the war otherwise, he concluded.
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