The Battle of Severodonetsk they fight street to street and in a bloody way. Now, Ukrainian troops have barricaded themselves at the Azot plant and the airport, after being expelled by the Russian Army from the residential area, according to Rodión Miroshnik, the “ambassador” in Russia of the self-proclaimed people’s republic of Lugansk. “The entire residential area of Severodonetsk has been liberated and ‘cleansed’ of Ukrainian troops by the allied forces. They were almost completely expelled from the industrial zone, they have hidden in Azot,” the pro-Russian representative reported on his Telegram channel. In any case, the situation is very fickle and changes every hour, official Ukrainian sources admit.
According to this pro-Russian representative, the presence of Ukrainian sabotage groups has also been detected in the city’s water purification facilities and in the town of Lesnaya Dacha, near the Azot chemical plant. “At the Severonetsk airport (southeast of the city) Ukrainian forces have entrenched themselves. They have occupied a number of buildings and are attacking the eastern area with artillery. Russian troops are actively responding from their positions in the Borovski neighborhood,” he added.
The Lugansk representative pointed out that the outskirts of Severodonetsk are practically under the control of Russian troops, who are already fighting in neighboring Lisichansk, It is also important because it is a height that allows the control of the surrounding towns.
Severodonetsk, a key city in the Donbas struggle for control of Donetsk Y Lugansk, is a strategic point that the Russians have been trying to take for several days and that would allow them to take over the entire Donetsk region, where pro-Russian guerrillas also operate. In that region, which came to proclaim itself along with neighboring Lugansk as an independent republic, in addition to artillery bombardments, the Russians launched attacks from planes and helicopters in recent hours.
Mass mining in Kharkiv and stable southern front
To the north of this area, in the kharkiv region, whose capital is the second city of Ukraine, the Russians mined large areas of the territory on the route used for their offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces towards the town of Rubizhne, the Ukrainian military statement said.
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“In Kharkiv, the main efforts of the enemy are focused on keeping the borders occupied, the border areas north of the capital of the same name, and on restricting the advance of our troops,” the General Staff said. According to your data, the Russians drop “mines remotely on the route of the offensive of our troops towards Rubizhne”, in the Luhansk region.
In the southern part of the country, where the Russians have managed to take several towns, “the enemy concentrates its main efforts on improving its tactical position, keeping the borders occupied, replenishing ammunition and fuel reserves,” according to military officials.