President Zelenskyy orders evacuation of Donetsk region

Ukrainian president warns that thousands of civilians are still in area enduring fierce clashes with Russian military

Zelenskiy warned that thousands of people, including children, were still in the battleground areas of the Donetsk region.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for the evacuation of the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, which has seen fierce clashes between his country’s forces and the Russian military.

The governor of Donetsk, where Moscow is focusing the brunt of its offensive, said that six civilians were killed and 15 wounded by strikes on Friday.