Amid fierce fighting, Russian forces cut last Sievierodonetsk escape route

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KYIV: Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday (Jun 13), a Ukrainian official said, cutting off the last routes for evacuating citizens in a scene that echoed last month\u0027s siege of the port of Mariupol. Amid heavy bombardment, regional governor Sergei G

Damien Magrou, spokesperson for the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine that has had forces in Sievierodonetsk, said the situation there risked becoming like Mariupol,"with a large pocket of Ukrainian defenders cut off from the rest of the Ukrainian troops".

Russia has denied targeting civilians in what it calls a"special operation" to restore Russian security and"denazify" its neighbour. Ukraine and its Western allies call this a baseless pretext for an invasion which has killed thousands of civilians and raised fears of wider conflict in Europe. The Donetsk News Agency showed pictures of burning stalls at the central Maisky market and several bodies on the ground. The news agency said 155-mm calibre NATO-standard artillery munitions hit parts of the region on Monday.

A Ukrainian serviceman looks on from inside a tank at a position in Donetsk region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, on Jun 11, 2022. Lyuba, a resident in the Ukrainian-held pocket of the Donbas near the front, watched a fire blazing along the fields but said she was not planning to leave."Where can I go? Who is waiting for me there?" she said."It's scary. But it is what it is."

Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak listed equipment he said was needed from Western allies for heavy weapons parity, including 1,000 howitzers, 500 tanks and 1,000 drones.

 

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