“The elimination of the entire nation and its people. We are the citizens of Ukraine. We have more than 100 nationalities. This is about the destruction and extermination of all these nationalities,” Zelensky told CBS’ Face the Nation.
DailyExpertNews has not been able to independently confirm the details surrounding the men’s deaths. DailyExpertNews has asked Russia’s Defense Ministry for comment regarding allegations of executions of civilians in the Kiev region and other parts of Ukraine.
Also on Sunday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for further action against Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, telling NBC’s “Meet The Press” that “now is the time to double the pressure.”
“I think we are really looking at this with our eyes wide open and seeing very clearly the threat it poses, not just to Ukraine, as we can see on our news every night, but really to Europe, to democracy and the global stability we have.” thought we were building in the last 20 years,” Clinton said.
But Blinken said the US and NATO countries helped Ukraine get the weapons it needed, adding that there would soon be 10 anti-tank weapon systems in the province for every Russian tank located on Ukrainian territory.
“Across the board, we’re trying to make sure the Ukrainians have the systems they need and can use right away,” Blinken said.
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Fox on Sunday that he is in favor of sending the Ukrainians “everything they can use and as soon as we can get it there.”
“We can’t hesitate and worry about some of the niceties here when the Ukrainians are fighting for their lives, and if they feel like they have to take out a fuel depot across the Russian border, go for it,” he added, referring to an alleged strike at a Russian fuel depot late last week.
“When it comes to the future, we, allies and partners will do everything we can to ensure that this cannot happen again and that Ukraine has the means to defend itself, to deter further Russian aggression.” he said. “So we’ll look at everything we can do to support that kind of outcome.”
This report has been updated with additional comments and details.
DailyExpertNews’s Chandelis Duster, Allie Malloy, Ali Main, Shawna Mizelle, Niamh Kennedy and Anastasia Graham Yooll contributed to this report.