Luhansk governor says Russians trying to capture city by Friday, but ‘no one’ is going to give it up
Ukraine’s military may have to “pull back” to stronger positions in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk amid heavy fighting in the city and frontline villages to the south as Russia pursues a breakthrough in Donbas, regional leaders have said.
But on his Telegram channel, the governor insisted a retreat was not being planned. “Do not breed betrayal. Do not spoil the mood of the armed forces! Nobody is going to surrender Severodonetsk!” he said, adding that Ukraine’s defenders would fight for “every inch”. The ministry of defence in Moscow said: “The Ukrainian group in the Donbas suffers significant losses in manpower, weapons and military equipment,” and said that it had caused 480 casualties overnight in fighting in Donbas and elsewhere in the country.
Ukrainian’s military reported increased air raids, plus heavy shelling, rocket-propelled grenade and mortar fire around Bakhmut, which aid agencies reported was becoming increasingly inaccessible to non-military traffic.
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