The Russian army intensified its bombings in the city of Sievierodonetsk, the last major Ukrainian military stronghold in the Luhansk region in the east of the country.
The Russians threw all their efforts to capture Sievierodonetsk where the strikes has multiplied several times in recent dayssaid Saturday night in the Telegram the governor of Luhansk, Sergei Gaïdaï.
They have closing the city such as, they did in Rubizhne and Popasna, he denounced, claiming that Russian forces had destroyed the Pavlogradc bridge, which would further aggravate the evacuation of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian trucks.
However, Russian forces resisted strong resistance and retreated, according to the governor.
But at a daily briefing this Sunday morning, the Ukrainian General Staff said the Russian army was continuing its missile and air strikes throughout the territoryand even had increased intensity by using aviation to destroy critical infrastructure.
In his usual video message posted Saturday night, President Zelensky insisted that the war it will be bloody.
The capture of Luhansk would allow Moscow to claim full control of the province and place it under the authority of Luhansk People’s Republicdeclared by pro-Russian separatists in 2014 and independence was recognized by Vladimir Putin even before his special operation in Ukraine.
Source: Radio-Canada
