Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published a new Facebook video on Sunday, the last Sunday before Lent.
“Today is Forgiveness Sunday. But we cannot forgive the hundreds upon hundreds of victims. Nor the thousands upon thousands who have suffered,” the video was captioned.
“And God will not forgive. Not today. Not tomorrow. Never. And instead of Forgiveness, there will be Judgment.”
Zelensky accused Russia of planning “deliberate murder” in the shelling of Ukrainian territory.
“For tomorrow Russia has officially announced the shelling of our territory. Our enterprises of the defense complex. Most were built decades ago by the Soviet government, built in cities. And now they are in the middle of an ordinary urban environment,” Zelensky said. “Thousands of people work there. Hundreds of thousands live nearby.”
He added, “this is murder. Deliberate murder.”
Video published on social media on Saturday showed parts of a Ukrainian tank factory outside of Zhytomyr, Ukraine — about 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Kyiv — that has been leveled after Russian military strikes.
Zelensky said he has not heard from any allies on Sunday.
“And I have not heard a reaction from any world leader today. From no Western politician. There are no reactions to this announcement. Think about the sense of impunity of the occupiers: they announce the atrocities that are planned. Why?”
The UK Ministry of Defense said Sunday Russia is targeting populated areas in Ukraine “likely” as an effort to break the country’s morale.
