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Russia had told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant there to lay down their arms from Wednesday morning as it fights for control of eastern Ukraine. Ukraine says more than 500 civilians, including 40 children, remain alongside soldiers inside the Azot chemical factory, sheltering from weeks of Russian bombardment.The mayor of Sievierodonetsk, Oleksandr Stryuk, said Russian forces were trying to storm the city from several directions but the Ukrainians continued to defend it and were not totally cut off, even though"The escape routes are dangerous, but there are some.
"There are no obstacles for civilians to leave... except for the decision in principle by the Kyiv authorities themselves," Russia's defence ministry said in a statement.Local residents check out buildings destroyed by Russian missile strikes, in the town of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on June 15, 2022.
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