Governor of Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine "I can't even recover the body"

The governor of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian army is intensifying its offensive as a priority area for military operations, said in an interview with NHK that "the fierce fighting continues and the body cannot even be recovered". I appealed.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced a new policy to put the focus of military operations on the eastern part of Ukraine. Announced that it has expanded.

Under these circumstances, Governor Sergei Gaidai of Luhansk Oblast in the east responded to an online interview with NHK on March 31st.

Governor Gaidai said, "A shell hits a private house or kindergarten, and you can't even retrieve the body where the battle is taking place. Yesterday (30th), the private house was bombarded and at least seven of the families who lived there. Died from shell fragments, including children aged 1, 7, and 8 years old, "he said, claiming that indiscriminate attacks involving citizens continued.

In addition, in areas controlled by the Russian side, residents are forced to participate in the battle, and "the residents are forced to make an unreasonable choice between participating in the battle with the Ukrainian army or being killed. And untrained people are thrown into the battlefield and die in dozens of people. They are being advanced and dead as prey to cannons. " I complained.

Governor Gaidai pointed out that one of the most serious challenges in continuing the fighting was that the weapons and bulletproof vests that foreign governments should have sent for support did not reach the eastern part.

The governor said, "Luhansk is located in the easternmost part of Ukraine. All support equipment enters from the Polish border in the west and is distributed in fierce battlefields such as the capital Kiuv and Sumy in the north, so it does not reach us. I clarified the fact that the support items did not arrive.

"Once we have bulletproof vests and weapons, more people will be able to participate in the fight. We really need the tools to fight," he told the donors.

Governor Gaidai accused Russia of being aggressive, liar, and an enemy of the world, and having an imperialist invasion plan. I pointed out that it could be done.

He said, "Now, the nations of the world must work together to stop what could be called this new plague," and called for the strengthening of the siege to Russia.