Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the regional governor says.
Luhansk's regional governor says fighting for the control of a Ukrainian oil refinery on Lysychansk's edge continues
"Over the last day, the occupiers opened fire from all available kinds of weapons," Mr Haidai said on Saturday on the Telegram messaging app. Syria's government said on Wednesday that it would also recognise the "independence and sovereignty" of the two areas and work to establish diplomatic relations with the separatists.In Slovyansk, a major Donetsk city still under Ukrainian control, four people died when Russian forces fired cluster munitions late Friday, Mayor Vadym Lyakh said on Facebook.
Ukraine believes the missile attack on the town of Serhiivka, south-west of Odesa was payback for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Snake Island."We are taking all the necessary investigative measures to determine the specific people guilty of this terrible war crime," Ms Venediktova said.
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