Russian forces conducted an offensive today on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, a city in the eastern Ukraine’s Lugansk region. At least two civilians died, according to the emergency services and regional governor Sergey Gaidai. “The Russians entered the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, killed two citizens, injured five,” said Gaidai.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, “the enemy is fixed on the northeast and southeast outskirts of Sievierodonetsk”. “Transferred ammunition and equipment from the territory of the Russian Federation to certain regions to strengthen the troop group,” said today’s report. According to Gaidai, Russia “used all possible weapons, using aircraft”. The Russian Ministry of Defense said today that it attacked “Ukrainian drones” in the region.
The Defense of Ukraine noted that “offensive units are focused on offensive operations to encircle our troops in the Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk regions and to block important logistics routes.” The two cities are neighbors.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech last night that capturing Sievierodonetsk is a “fundamental” task for the Russians. According to him, the entire structure of the city was destroyed and “90% of the houses were damaged”.
“We are doing everything we can to repel this attack. There hasn’t been a day that we haven’t tried to find more weapons, more modern weapons, to defend our lands, to defend our people,” he said.
Today the Russian war in Ukraine has entered its 96th day. According to the Defense of Ukraine, there were records of attacks in various parts of the country, including Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city in the east of the country that Zelensky visited yesterday.
In the hometown of Ukrainian President Kryvyi Rih, a counterattack was carried out in connection with the Russian offensive. Ukrainian forces also said they repulsed attacks that destroyed Russian missiles in Odessa in the south of the country.
source: Noticias
