Sievierodonetsk, located 143 kilometers south of the Russian border, has emerged in recent days as the epicenter of Moscow’s quest to capture all of Ukraine’s eastern industrial Donbas region. Russia also stepped up its efforts to capture the nearby city of Lysychansk, whereThe two eastern cities span the strategically important Siverskiy Donetsk River. They are the last major areas under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, which makes up the Donbas together with the adjacent Donetsk region.
Russia has kept up its bombardment of the northeastern city from afar, and explosions could be heard shortly after Zelenskyy’s visit. Shelling and airstrikes have destroyed more than 2,000 apartment buildings in the city since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to the regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told French TF1 television Sunday that Moscow’s “unconditional priority is the liberation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” adding that Russia sees them as “independent states.”He also suggested other regions of Ukraine should be able to establish close ties with Russia.
But some Luhansk supply and evacuation routes functioned Sunday, he said. He claimed the Russians had retreated “with losses” around a village near Sievierodonetsk but conducted airstrikes on another nearby river village. “None of us wanted to leave our native city,” she said. “But for the sake of these small children, we decided to leave.”Oksana, 74, who was too afraid to give her surname, was evacuated from Lysychansk by a team of foreign volunteers along with her 86-year-old husband.
The Institute for the Study of War, a think tank based in Washington, questioned the Kremlin’s strategy of assembling a huge military effort to take Sieverodonetsk, saying it was proving costly for Russia and would bring few returns.
Ukraine is a free country. But certain parts like Crimea were entrusted to them during the time they were part of the Soviet Union. The Russians are just taking back what was always theirs.
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Their courage, bravery and quick-witted strategies are admirable! StandWithUkraine , RussiaUkraineWar
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Stop funding the war on eukrain, Biden needs to spend money in our schools, lower gas prices and hire more police to remove criminals from our streets.
Has any nation ever had a leader as close to its people as Zelensky? His heroism is as poignant, as it is inspiring.
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Boundless pride! for the soldiers in mass graves. He should stand in a line of refugees, or fight along with a soldier who has just been shot and dying. humanitarian The US and NATO will prolong the war with arms and ammo - just enough to not win the war. Its good for them.
might as well be Kiev's propaganda ministry.
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A cunning devil, the US Empire: -drew USSR into a war to save its socialist neighbor from US armed Al-Qaeda/Taliban -lured Iraq to war w/Kuwait who inexplicably slant drilled Iraq's oil & the US Amb. gave Iraq the green-light -baited Russia by making 🇺🇦 a de-facto axis of NATO
Boycott Russia until the Russian Army is out of Ukraine, out of all of Ukraine.
- how pathetic. You can no longer band the information coming across the world, across the continents, from smartphones live, and directly from people in the hot spots. You are serving the masters who already failed, JoeBiden GeorgeSoro, HillaryClinton FAKEnews Ukraine
What freedom mr. Zelenskyy Russia has already achieved what they looking for. And, if you are telling about freedom, russian speaking Ukranian's almost got their freedom from AZOVNAZIS.
Zelensky is full of it. People are dying because of him.
Russia go back home stop your bullying innocent people
The Ukraine people are beyond brave🤍🕊
Russia has kept up its bombardment of the northeastern city from afar, and explosions could be heard shortly after Zelenskyy's visit.
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