Large-scale bombing and fierce battles on many fronts in the Ukrainian sector of Lugansk reports the military administration of Kiev, essentially announcing the beginning of the major offensive of Russian forces to occupy the entire area of Donbass and Mariupol.
According to the Ukrainian military commander in the area and officials in Kiev, Russian forces are pounding the city of Sheverodonetsk, with reports of at least 10 buildings engulfed in flames, with an unspecified number of casualties.
The Ukrainians have stated that the targets of the Russians are not militarynor do they fall within the sphere of strategic importance, which reflects Moscow ‘s readiness for a totalitarian attack. According to reports, Russian forces have carried out 81 bombings in villages and towns of Lugansk since Tuesday night, leveling everything in many places.
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At least 30,000 civilians have reportedly been evacuated from their homes in the Luhansk region, while Ukrainians are stepping up their efforts to evacuate civilians, especially women, children and the elderly.
“Evacuate Donbass now”, a dramatic appeal to civilians
Earlier, the Kyiv called the inhabitants of eastern Ukraine to evacuate “now” the area, as fears are expressed about a Massive attack by the Russian army in Donbasthe province that is now the main target of the Kremlin.
The regional authorities “are calling on the population to leave these territories and are doing everything possible to ensure that evacuations are carried out in an organized manner,” he said. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Verestsuk.
According to the post of the Ministry of Integration in Telegram, the Verestsuk stressed that the evacuation must be done “now” because otherwise the residents will be in “mortal danger”.
If the Russian army launches a large-scale attack in the region “We can no longer help” residents, he warned “Because it would be practically impossible to stop the fighting.”
“Evacuation must be done as long as this is possible. At the moment, there is still “insisted the Verestsukwhich coordinates the organization of humanitarian corridors since the beginning of the invasion, on 24 February.
The Deputy Prime Minister also considered that the withdrawal of Russian forces from the Kiev region and from the Chernihivlast week “It was not a gesture of goodwill” on the part of Moscow in the context of the peace negotiations but the consequence of “the will of our army, the authorities and the entire Ukrainian people” to repel the Russians.
Russia announced that wants to redeploy its forces to focus its operations on the “liberation” of Donbass, where pro-Russian separatists have been clashing with the Ukrainian army for eight years. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the Russian military was stepping up “to bring the whole of Donbass under its control” and to build “a land bridge with Crimea”, which Russia annexed in 2014. “Most of the Ukrainian forces are concentrated in the area,” he said.
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