Russian troops entered the town of Kremina in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region today, local authorities said, and opened fire on the neighboring town of Rubinze, the AFP news agency reported.
«A large-scale attack was launched at night“On Sunday to Monday in the Kremlin, the governor of the Luhansk region Sergei Gaidai said in a post on his personal Facebook page.
“The Russian army has already entered there, with a huge amount of ammunition … Our defenders have retreated to new positions,” he added.
Kremina, with a population of 18,000, is located about 50 km northeast of Kramatorsk, the capital of Donbass, one of Moscow’s destinations. in this area.
The city is close to Rubinze, which came under heavy fire from Ukrainian artillery and mortars, French Agency reporters reported today.
Ukrainian forces bombed this location, especially from the village of Novodruzesk, about three kilometers away.
From this village, one could see and hear loud explosions in Rubinze, sometimes followed by fires, with black and white smoke rising over the city.
On April 13, the leader of the pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk, Leonid Pasehnik, said that the Ukrainians were still in control of “part” of the city of Rubinze.
“Once we liberate (the whole region), we will make a decision to help our brothers in Donetsk and, ultimately, in Russia,” he added.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last night accused Russia of wanting to “destroy” the entire eastern region of Donbass and of “preparing to launch an attack” in the eastern part of the country.
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