War in Ukraine Kyiv admits suffering quotincreasinglyquot in the Donbass

War in Ukraine: Kyiv admits suffering "increasingly" in the Donbass

A crucial point in this battle of Donbass, Severodonetsk, in the Luhansk region, is being shelled by Moscow “24 hours a day”, the region’s governor was outraged.

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Posted on 5/23/2022 6:56 AM Updated on 5/23/2022 7:33 AM

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As the verdict in the first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier is expected in Kyiv on Monday, May 23, the governor of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaidai, warns that the situation for Ukrainians in Donbass is becoming “more and more difficult”.

Moscow continues to increase its firepower in the Donbass. According to Serguiï Gaidaï, there are the units withdrawn from the Kharkiv region (northeast), the attackers of the siege of Mariupol (southeast), the militias of the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, the Chechen armed forces and troops mobilized as reinforcements from Siberia and the Russian Far East .

“All Russian forces are concentrated in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions,” the governor said on Telegram. The same with the armament. “Everything is concentrated here,” he adds, including the famous S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft and anti-missile complexes, which correspond to the American patriots. The decisive point of this battle in the Donbass, Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region, is being shelled by Moscow “24 hours a day”, Serguiï Gaïdaï is outraged.

“They use scorched earth tactics, they destroy the city on purpose” with airstrikes, multiple rocket launchers, mortars or tanks firing at buildings, he added. The Ukrainian army announced on Facebook on Sunday that at least seven civilians were killed and eight others wounded in bomb attacks in 45 municipalities in the Donetsk region.