Russian forces have fully occupied Sievierodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city says, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month, after weeks of some of the war's bloodiest fighting.
Russian forces have fully occupied Sievierodonetsk, the Mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city says, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month, after weeks of some of the war's bloodiest fighting.Ukraine calls its retreat from Sievierodonetsk a "tactical withdrawal" to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk
Ukraine called its retreat from the city a "tactical withdrawal" to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. Pro-Russian separatists said Moscow's forces were now attacking Lysychansk. "The city is now under the full occupation of Russia. They are trying to establish their own order, as far as I know they have appointed some kind of commandant," Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said on national television.
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