Russian forces now control “a part” of it Severonetskthe city in eastern Ukraine that they have been bombing and trying to occupy for weeks, the governor of Lugansk province, where the city is located, announced today.
«The situation is particularly complicated. Part of Sheverodonetsk is controlled by the Russians“, He pointed out to Telegram Sergi Gaidai.
However he added that the Russians “Can not move freely”as Ukrainian fighters “remain” in the city.
«The enemy is planning an operation to clear the neighboring villagesGaidai added, adding that there is still no news from the three doctors who have been missing since Monday.
Yesterday the governor of Lugansk had pointed out that Russian forces had advanced to the center of Sheverodonetsk, a city of about 100,000 inhabitants before the war, much of which has now been destroyed and abandoned.
Sheverodonetsk, a city of 100,000 before the war, has been bombed for weeks by Russian artillery and separatist guerrillas. Dozens of civilians have been killed there.
Sheverodonetsk and Lisichansk are located more than 80 kilometers east of Kramatorsk, which became the administrative center of Ukrainian Donbass after pro-Russian separatist rebels occupied the eastern part of the valley in 2014.
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