Coverage dated May 20, 2023

Zelensky compares Bakhmut destruction to Hiroshima

Headline from KVIA El Paso

By Allegra Goodwin, Darya Tarasova, Sugam Pokharel, Thom Poole and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky compared the damage in Bakhmut to the destruction wrought on Hiroshima after it was hit by an atomic bomb, as he denied Russia had captured the frontline city.

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  1. KVIA El Paso

    Zelensky compares Bakhmut destruction to Hiroshima (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Allegra Goodwin, Darya Tarasova, Sugam Pokharel, Thom Poole and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky compared the damage in Bakhmut to the destruction wrought on Hiroshima after it was hit by an atomic bomb, as he denied Russia had captured the frontline city.

  2. Seattle Times

    Images of a ruined Hiroshima remind Zelenskyy of present-day Bakhmut (opens Seattle Times)

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    Seattle Times's feed description

    President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine wrapped up his appearance at the Group of 7 summit in Japan with a visit to Hiroshima’s atomic bomb museum, saying on Sunday that he saw echoes of his own country’s pain in images of...

  3. NBC News

    Bakhmut echoes Hiroshima, Zelenskyy says as he thanks G7 for F-16 fighters (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Ukrainian president said that photos of the first city to suffer a nuclear attack reminded him of battle-scarred Bakhmut.

  4. The Times of Israel

  5. New York Times

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