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| Ukraine Claims Russian Artillery Hit Chemical Plant in Sievierodonetsk City The Place Civilians Hiding |
International Military - Russian troops stormed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk and pounded the zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering. This was revealed by a Ukrainian official on Monday (13/6/2022).
Pro-Moscow separatists claim the last bridge from Sievierodonetsk has been destroyed and Ukrainian fighters there must now surrender or die. Ukraine says it's still there Quoted from Reuters.com, Ukraine has issued increasingly urgent calls for more Western arms supplies to help defend Sievierodonetsk. According to Kiev, this area could be the key to the outcome of the battle for control of the eastern Donbas region and the direction of the war in the future.
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"The fighting is so fierce that fighting not just for one street, but for one tall building can last for days," regional governor Sergei Gadai said on social media.
According to him, Russian forces now control about 70 percent of Sievierodonetsk and destroy it "quarter by quarter" in one of the bloodiest attacks since they launched the invasion on February 24.
"The Russians continue to storm the city, have a significant advantage in artillery. They are somewhat pushing back the Ukrainian army," said Gaidai, who is governor of the Luhansk region that includes Sievierodonetsk. He also said Russian artillery fire hit the Azot chemical plant, where hundreds of civilians had taken refuge. “About 500 civilians remain in the grounds of the Azot factory in Sievierodonetsk, 40 of whom are children.
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Sometimes the military manages to evacuate someone," he said. Gaidai also said one intersection was destroyed on Sunday, but there was still a "half-destroyed" bridge remaining, although it could not be used for heavy vehicles.
Ukrainian reports of civilians trapped in an industrial plant echo the fallout of Mariupol last month, in which hundreds of seriously injured Ukrainian civilians and soldiers were evacuated after being trapped for weeks at the Azovstal steel plant.
Ukrainian officials have expressed concern about the fate of the troops who surrendered after many were brought to Russia, and say cholera is spreading among the remaining population because of bodies buried in the rubble of destroyed residential buildings.
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