Zelenskyy asks who’s next after Russian general’s remark

Invasion of Ukraine ‘only a beginning’

23 April 2022 - 10:14 By Bloomberg News
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File photo.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File photo.
Image: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded after a Russian general said Moscow aims to seize control of eastern and southern Ukraine.

The war on Ukraine was just the start, Zelenskyy said late on Friday. 

“This only confirms what I have said many times: the Russian invasion of Ukraine was intended only as a beginning, then they want to capture other countries,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.

“Who is next?” 

On Friday, a Russian general said the Kremlin aims to secure control of the entire south of Ukraine, create a land bridge to Transnistria, a pro-Russian region of Moldova, and assume control of key Black Sea ports. 

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