Zelensky: Russian land mines left by retreating forces create 'catastrophic' threat to Ukrainian civilians
Ukrainian servicemen walk next to destroyed Russian tanks west of Kyiv on April 2. Photo: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images
Russian land mines left by retreating Russian forces in Ukraine's capital region are creating a "catastrophic" situation for civilians, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Saturday,Russian forces are leaving mines, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed" around civilian homes, Zelensky said.near Kyiv, while bolstering troop presence in eastern Ukraine.
Zelensky said Saturday that he expects towns where Russian forces are retreating to continue experiencing missile strikes and rocket strikes from afar, the AP reported. "It’s still not possible to return to normal life, as it used to be, even at the territories that we are taking back after the fighting," Zelensky said.
"We need wait until our land is demined, wait till we are able to assure you that there won’t be new shelling."
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