Ukrainian leader: Russia trying to “wipe us off the face of the earth”

The explosions that shook cities across Ukraine on Monday left dead and injured, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who also charged that Russia was attempting to "wipe Ukraine off the face of the earth."

“They are trying to destroy us and wipe us off the face of the earth…destroy our people who are sleeping at home in (the city of) Zaporizhzhia. Kill people who go to work in Dnipro and Kyiv,” Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app.

“The air raid sirens do not subside throughout Ukraine. There are missiles hitting. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded.”