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reported General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine That hostilities continue, as Russia investigates "Partial success" in Severodonetsk.
Earlier, Russian forces blew up a bridge linking the war-torn Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, according to local officials.
Severodonetsk became the center of the battle for control Donbass region industrial area in the east, consisting of Lugansk and Donetsk.
Parts of the city were devastated, during some of the fiercest battles since its inception Russian military operation In Ukraine on February 24 last.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Lugansk, reported that fighting is still going on between Ukrainian and Russian forces From street to street in Severodonetsk.
Russian forces have taken control of most of the city, but Ukrainian forces still control an industrial area and a chemical factory where hundreds of civilians are sheltering.
Gaidai said the Russians had destroyed a bridge over the Seversky Donets River linking the city of Severodonetsk and its twin, Lysichansk, on the other side of the river.
This means only one of the three bridges remains, reducing the number of routes that can be used to evacuate civilians, or the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces to positions on the western side of the river.
Severodonetsk administration head Oleksandr Stryuk said just over a third of the city was still under the control of Ukrainian forces, while the Russians controlled two-thirds of the city. He added in an interview with national television "(Our forces) cling firmly to the defensive line".
Severodonetsk is the last city in the Donbass Lugansk province still under Ukrainian control, and losing it would be a major strategic blow.
The victory of the Russian forces would push it a major step towards one of the stated goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the matter "special military operation".
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reported General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that hostilities continue, with Russia achieving “partial success” in Severodonetsk.
Earlier, Russian forces blew up a bridge linking the war-torn Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, according to local officials.
Severodonetsk became the center of the battle for control Donbass region industrial area in the east, consisting of Lugansk and Donetsk.
Parts of the city were devastated, during some of the fiercest battles since its inception Russian military operation In Ukraine on February 24 last.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of Lugansk, reported that fighting is still going on between Ukrainian and Russian forces From street to street in Severodonetsk.
Russian forces have taken control of most of the city, but Ukrainian forces still control an industrial area and a chemical factory where hundreds of civilians are sheltering.
Gaidai said the Russians had destroyed a bridge over the Seversky Donets River linking the city of Severodonetsk and its twin, Lysichansk, on the other side of the river.
This means only one of the three bridges remains, reducing the number of routes that can be used to evacuate civilians, or the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces to positions on the western side of the river.
Severodonetsk administration head Oleksandr Stryuk said just over a third of the city was still under the control of Ukrainian forces, while the Russians controlled two-thirds of the city. “(Our forces) are firmly clinging to the defensive line,” he added in an interview with national television.
Severodonetsk is the last city in the Donbass Lugansk province still under Ukrainian control, and losing it would be a major strategic blow.
The victory of the Russian forces would push it a major step towards one of the stated goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the “special military operation”.