Elissa Slotkin tweeted the following:
"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
Here are other recent tweets from Elissa Slotkin:
"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
"On our trip to Ukraine, our group was the first to be taken outside of Kyiv to areas that saw some of the fiercest fighting. One such town was Irpin, a smaller city 5km outside Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces & volunteers held off the Russians from advancing to the capital. 1/"Read on Twitter
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