Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that towns and villages recaptured from Russian forces had been left in disrepair and that there was “evidence of genocide against Ukrainians.”
Zelenskiy who made the comments in his regular nightly address, also handed out medals to soldiers who freed the Balakliia area, another town retaken in recent days.
Russian forces suffered a stunning reversal this month after Ukrainian troops made a rapid armoured thrust in Kharkiv region, forcing a rushed Russian withdrawal.
