After many weeks of hard fighting with the Ukrainians – It was officially announced by the mayor of the city
The city Severonetsk in Donbass, theater of fierce clashes between Ukrainian army and the Russian military forces for many weeks, is completely controlled by the Russian army, announced the mayor of the city Oleksandr Stryuk.
The Ukrainian army announced yesterday its withdrawal from the city of 100,000 before the Russian invasion to better organize the defense of the neighboring city of Lisichansk.
THE mayor stated that residents who had taken refuge in the Nitrogen plant to escape the bombings have begun to come out. Some of them have spent the last three months in the basements, he explained.
A spokesman for the pro-Russian separatists confirmed that the residents who had taken refuge in the factory were leaving, without specifying in which direction.
With the occupation of Sheverodonetsk, Russian forces now have almost complete control of its territory. Luhansk after weeks of fierce fighting, street battles are also taking place in neighboring Lisichansk.
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