“Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, they will throw into battle all the reserves they have because there are already too many, they have gathered a critical mass,” Ukrainian Luhansk region governor Sergie Gaidai told Ukrainian television.
Russia is sending reserve troops from other zones to Sheverodonetsk to take control of the city on the eastern front line, according to Ukrainian Luhansk Oblast Governor Sergi Gaidai.
As he stated on Ukrainian television, “today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, they will throw into battle all the reserves they have because there are already too many there, they have gathered a critical mass.”
According to Gaidai, Russian forces already control most of Sheverodonetsk, but not the entire city.
In any case, the Russian pounding in the city continues, as earlier a powerful explosion shook an adjacent area and a large, orange cloud rose in the air, according to a spokesman for the pro-Russian administration. Luhansk.
Radion Mirosnik posted a video on Telegram showing thick smoke.
He was unable to say whether the explosion occurred inside city or close to it.
In Sheverodonetsk, which has been constantly bombed by the Russians in recent weeks, is the Nitrogen chemical plantwhere hundreds of civilians have taken refuge.
Meanwhile, three rockets fired by Russian forces destroyed a fuel depot in the city Novomoskovsk Ukraine, injuring three people.
The head of the local administration, Valentin Reznichenko, posted a photo on the internet showing the warehouse in flames.
Novomoskovsk is located northeast of the city of Dnipro, on the banks of the river Samara, which is a tributary of the Dnieper.
Dead in Donetsk
Five civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in a bomb blast near the Ukrainian capital, Donetsk on Friday, officials said.
“As a result of the bombardment by Ukrainian forces, five people were killed and 12 others were injured in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the pro-Russian general staff told the Telegram.
The city of Donetsk is the de facto capital of the self-proclaimed “democracy” of the same name, in the Donbas Basin.
It has been partly controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014 and is the scene of fierce fighting after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
In a separate statement, pro-Russian authorities claim that the city of Donetsk has been bombed by Ukrainians since the morning and that more than 200 155-mm shells have fallen in various districts.
According to Russian news agencies, the bombings hit, among other things, a cinema and a cafe in the city center.
