Is called Severodonetsk the new MariupoL. And the creation of azot the name already reminds of the sad and bloody end of Azovstalthe steelworks, in whose bunker the Azov battalion. Russian troops are trying to break through the defenses of Ukrainian forces and reach the administrative borders of the eastern Lugansk region, the Ukrainian army confirmed in its latest war report. The Russians have focused their efforts on the city of Severodonetsk, the chief of staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said, adding that “the enemy” has increased the use of its planes to destroy Ukraine’s critical infrastructure in the theater of operations. active fight. Ukrainian armed forces refused 11 enemy attacks in the east in the past 24 hours, the report said. But the impression is that the worst is yet to come.
Severodonetsk, population 100,000 by February 24, is one of the key cities to launch the final offensive Donbass. A historic working-class city, it has been hit by Russian missiles that have destroyed 583 military targets, 41 command posts and 76 artillery formations, Corriere della Sera reports. And the Azot, one of the largest, could soon be targeted chemical plants from Europe. Severodonetsk is the main figure in the fight to control human trafficking Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway also known as “Road of Life”, in Moscow consider it crucial. “Reinforcements” have already arrived to crush the city: in addition to the militias of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Lugansk, according to Corsera, they are also the notorious members of the Wagner group. Always a very bad sign, especially for the remaining civilians.
In the region of Kharkiv, Meanwhile, Russian forces have set up checkpoints and fortifications on access roads near the settlements of Velykyi Burluk, Kapitolivka, Mykhailivka, Levkivka, Zabavne and Kupyansk, said Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Meanwhile, Russian forces in the direction of Donetsk are trying to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops and reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk region.
