Witnesses say tanks moving into Sievierodonetsk amid intense shelling and civilian casualties
Russian tanks and troops have begun advancing into Sievierodonetsk, the largest city in Donbas still held by“Unfortunately we have disappointing news: the enemy is moving into the city,” the Luhansk regional governor, Serhiy Gaidai, told Ukrainian national television on Monday.
“They [the Russian army] use the same tactics over and over again,” Gaidai said. “They shell for several hours – for three, four, five hours – in a row and then attack. Those who attack die. Then the shelling and attack follow again, and so on until they break through somewhere.” Local authorities estimated that 1,500 civilians had already died in Russian attacks on Sievierodonetsk, including from a lack of medicines. Striuk said the city had “been completely ruined” and that the number of victims was “rising every hour, but we are unable to count the dead and the wounded amid the street fighting”.
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