The Kremlin’s offensive has focused on the east of the country, specifically on Severodonetsk, where the resistance and invaders continue to fight in the streets
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At least 11 civilians killed after Russian attacks in Lugansk region
Ukraine confirmed that at least 11 civilians were killed in the Lugansk region, where Severodonetsk is located, the nearby town of Donetsk on which Russia has focused its fierce offensive at the moment.< /p>
Luhansk Regional Governor Sergiy Gaiday said in an interview posted online thatinvading forces had captured most of Severodonetsk, but were being pushed back by Ukrainian forces.
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“The Russian military, as we understand, is pouring all its power, all its reserves in this direction,” Gaiday said.
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky said that “the situation in Severodonetsk, wherestreet clashes continue, it remains extremely difficult”, as well as in other cities in the Donbass region.
The Kremlin’s offensive has focused on the east of the country, specifically on Severodonetsk, where the resistance and the invaders continue to fight in the streets
There are “constant airstrikes, artillery and rocket fire. As of this morning, the total number of various Russian missiles used against Ukraine is 2,503″, Zelensky added in his evening speech.
Severodonetsk is the largest city still in Ukrainian hands in the Lugansk region, where Russian forces have been gradually advancing in recent weeks after withdrawing or being pushed back from other areas, including around the capital Kyiv. /p>
The Russian army claimed that some Ukrainian military units were withdrawing from the city.
Ukrainian authorities also announced this Saturday the deaths of four foreign military volunteers fighting Russian forces, but they did not specify when or under what circumstances they died.
The Ukrainian International Defense Legion, an official volunteer brigade, named the men and published photos of them, saying they were from Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and France.
Already had reported the deaths of the two named men from the Netherlands and Australia, and France’s foreign ministry said on Friday that a French volunteer fighter had been killed in action.
Ukraine also reported two victims of a Russian missile attack on Odessa in the southwest, without specifying whether they were killed or wounded.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had struck a “deployment point for foreign mercenaries” in the town of Dachne in the Odessa region.
He also claimed a missile attack in the northeastern region of Sumy in a center artillery training with “foreign instructors”.
(With information AFP)