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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian troops in southern Ukraine were carrying out torture and abductions and called on the world to respond, the Associated Press and BTA reported.

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Torture facilities have been built there, Zelenski said last night in an evening address to the nation.

They are kidnapping local officials, he said.

Zelenski said humanitarian aid was being stolen, causing hunger.

In the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, "the Russians are creating separatist states and introducing the Russian currency, the ruble," he said.

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He noted that the planned Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine "will begin in the near future."

Zelensky again called for tougher sanctions against Russia, including its entire banking sector and oil industry.

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