President Vladimir Putin has vowed that Russia’s bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled.
Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Andriy Matviychuk, 37, who served as territorial defense soldier and was captured and killed by Russian army in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses.
For now, Putin's forces are gearing up for a major offensive in the Donbas, which has been torn by fighting between Russian-allied separatists and Ukrainian forces since 2014, and where Russia has recognized the separatists’ claims of independence. Military strategists say Moscow appears to hope that local support, logistics and the terrain in the region favor its larger, better-armed military, potentially allowing Russia to finally turn the tide in its favor.
Much of the city has been leveled in weeks of pummeling by Russian troops. The mayor said Monday that the siege, their bodies “carpeted through the streets.” Mayor Vadym Boychenko said the death toll in Mariupol alone could surpass 20,000 and gave new details of allegations by Ukrainian officials that Russian forces have brought mobile cremation equipment to dispose of the corpses.
U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time referred to Russia’s invasion as a “genocide.” He was even blunter later Tuesday, repeating the genocide allegation and saying: “It's become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe the idea of even being a Ukrainian.”Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that the U.S. could not confirm the drone report.
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