Bombardments reported in the north and east, with focus on Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk
He made no mention of casualties at the chemical plant and Reuters could not immediately verify the information. He did say, however, that police officers, rescuers and volunteers had evacuated 17 people from Lysychansk on Friday., a key battleground city, because there was very little left to defend after weeks of intense fighting.
Starskyi, who had been in Sievierodonetsk, told morning television that the flow of information about the withdrawal had been delayed to protect troops on the ground. The retreat marks the biggest reversal forNews of the withdrawal on Friday came four months to the day since Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, sent tens of thousands of troops over the border, unleashing a conflict that has killed thousands of people, uprooted millions and reduced whole cities to rubble.
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