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Street fighting continued to rage on Saturday in the eastern city, where Russian soldiers and Ukrainian troops are still locked in battle.
"This is a very fierce battle, very difficult ... Probably one of the most difficult throughout this war," he added. "In many ways, the fate of our Donbas is being decided there." Rodion Miroshnik, a Russian-backed leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, claimed on Saturday that up to 400 Ukrainian fighters were taking refuge in the factory complex, hiding alongside civilians in bomb shelters, and that negotiations for their surrender and the safe evacuation of civilians were ongoing.A satellite image shows damaged buildings near Chemist's Palace of Culture in downtown Severodonetsk, Ukraine.
The statement added that these figures are not complete, as work is underway to verify the deaths of children in other places where there is active fighting. Speaking in a special virtual address to the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier defense conference, Zelensky said Ukraine will "definitely prevail" in its war against Russia.
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