Ukraine: 4 killed in Russian airstrikes on Sumy – Nearly 10,000 civilians remain in Severodonetsk

Four people lost their lives and six were injured overnight by rockets fired during Russian air raid on the outskirts of the city Sumiin the north Ukraineannounced today the local governor Dmitry Zivitskywithout giving details about the purpose of the Russian raid, which took place in the suburb of Sad.

Zivicki added that the area Dobropilialocated near the border with Russia, was also hit by rocket at 05:00 local time today, after 26 shots with mortar shells fired from the Russian side of the border.

“About 10,000 civilians are still in Severodonetsk”

About 10,000 civilians are still in Severodonetska key city in the Battle of Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, which Russians have been trying to seize for weeks, Luhansk regional governor Sergei Gaidai said today.

“For almost four months, they (the Russians) have been dreaming of taking control of Severodonetsk, where out of a population of 100,000, about 10,000 are still there, not counting the victims“Said the governor of Luhansk, where Sheverodonetsk is located, in a post on Telegram, according to the APE-MPE.

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According to him, “the Russian army is losing hundreds of warriors, but it finds reserves and continues to destroy Sheverodonetsk.” However, “the military is defending us,” Gaidai said.

Sheverodonetsk, where street fighting has been taking place, has been under constant bombardment for weeks.

“The main bridges over the Siverski Donets River have probably been destroyed”

The British Ministry of Defense also announced today that all the main bridges over the river Siversky Donetswhich connect the city of Sheverodonetsk – a key city for the Battle of Donbass in eastern Ukraine – with territory controlled by Ukrainian forces, have probably been destroyed and noted that after that the Russian forces will have to cross the river under fire or advance their formations that are on the sides and are stuck.

Ukraine has probably managed to withdraw a large percentage of its combat troops, which initially resisted in the city, adds the British Ministry of Defense.

“Russia’s combat force in Donbas is very likely to operate with increasingly ad hoc and severely understaffed groups,” the ministry said in a Twitter post.

After ousting them from the outskirts of Kiev in May, Russian forces focused their efforts on occupying all of Donbass, an industrial area where fighting has been concentrated in recent weeks in the largely devastated city of Severodonetsk.

Source: News Beast

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