Elissa Slotkin tweeted the following:
"5/ Residents recounted their shock at the Russians hatred, telling us about how Russian tanks ran over Ukrainian corpses over and over, stopping only after they had been ground into the pavement."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Elissa Slotkin:
"4/ In another part of town that featured apartments & homes blown to bits, we saw very clearly how Russian forces shelled civilian areas indiscriminately: they hit schools, infrastructure, and a stadium with no regard for who might be inside."Read on Twitter
"3/ The first stop on our tour was the mangled remains of a bridge that came to symbolize the Russians disregard for civilians, after they shelled it while thousands of Ukrainians were using the bridge to evacuate in a negotiated humanitarian corridor."Read on Twitter
"2/ The mayor or Irpin showed us the destruction. He had assumed command of territorial defense forces, which were working in tandem with the uniformed military. They took heavy losses there: 50 military & 38 volunteers, but because of their sacrifice, Kyiv remained free."Read on Twitter
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