Kremlin is targeting all of Europe, Zelenskyy says as the war moves east

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British defense officials said Sunday that more evidence has been uncovered of war crimes by Russian troops and that it includes the reported discovery of a mass grave containing bodies of civilians near Burzova.

NBC news has been unable to confirm the report with the U.S. Department of Defense or Ukrainian officials.

Civilians continued to flee the Russian onslaught in the eastern parts of the country.

Meanwhile, Russia’s reported appointment of Gen. Alexander Dvornikov to take over operations in Ukraine marked what some military analysts see as an indication that Moscow intends to terrorize civilians as the war progresses.

Dvornikov, working to crush resistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in that country’s civil war, destroyed whole cities while dropping barrel bombs targeting civilians.

Also Sunday, a British military intelligence briefing reported that Russia’s armed forces were seeking to strengthen troop numbers with personnel discharged from military service since 2012.

And in a late-night address posted Saturday to his Telegram channel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia is targeting the whole of Europe with its aggression and that stopping the invasion of Ukraine is essential for the security of all democracies.

Zelenskyy repeated his call for a complete embargo on Russian oil and gas, saying they were “the two sources of Russian self-confidence” and “their sense of impunity.” He added that the “whole European project is a target for Russia.”

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