As bitter fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces rages in Sievierodonetsk, the epicentre of the battle for control over the industrialised Donbas region, the region's governor says Ukraine remains in control.
Weeks of fighting have pulverised parts of the city and have been some of the bloodiest since Moscow began its invasion on February 24.
In Lysychansk – Sievierodonetsk's twin city across the Donets River — a woman was killed in Russian shelling while four houses and a shopping centre were destroyed.
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