'We have to pull back the men': Ukrainian troops home before retreating to a huge chemical factory on the edge of the city Fighted Russians in the battle from home to home
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) —A few weeks later the regional governor siege on Friday in a fierce battle. He said he would withdraw from the besieged city in the eastern part of the country to avoid it.
The city of Sieviero Donetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, faces relentless Russian bombardment. After a house-to-house battle with the Russians, Ukrainian troops withdrew to a huge chemical factory on the edge of the city, where they were trapped in a vast underground structure.
Recently, Russian troops are making a profit around the neighboring city of Lysychans'k, on the steep bank across the river, to surround the Ukrainian troops.
Governor Luhansk, Serhiy Haidai, said Ukrainian troops were ordered to leave Sieviero Donetsk to prevent it.
"We will have to pull back our men," he said. "It doesn't make sense to stay in the destroyed position, as the number of casualties in poorly fortified areas increases daily."
Heidi is a Ukrainian army. "I was ordered to retreat to a new position and continue fighting there," but did not provide further details.
He said the Russians were also heading from Zolote and Toshikifka to Lysychans'k, adding that Russian reconnaissance forces had invaded the edge of the city but were expelled by their defenders.
The governor added that the highway bridge leading to Lysychans'k was severely damaged by Russian airstrikes and could no longer be used for trucks. It was not possible to confirm the allegations individually.
On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry "completely blocked" four Ukrainian battalions and a total of about 2,000 "foreign mercenary" units near Hiruske and Zolote, south of Lysychans'k. Declared.
In the early stages of the invasion, which began on February 24, after a failed attempt to occupy the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, Russian troops are in the Donbus region, where Ukrainian troops are located. Moved the focus to. Since 2014, we have been fighting Moscow-backed separatists.
Russian troops control about 95% of the two regions that make up Donbus, Luhansk Oblast, and about half of the neighboring Donetsk Oblast.
After repeatedly demanding heavier weapons from Western allies to counter Russia's firepower dominance, Ukrainian Defense Minister Olexi Reznikov in the form of a medium-range American rocket launcher. He said the response had arrived.
U.S. defense officials confirmed on Wednesday that all four promised high mobile artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) were in the hands of the Ukrainian army, but are they still in use? I said it was unclear.
The United States approved the provision of a precision guidance system at the end of May. Upon arriving in this area, Ukrainian troops required about three weeks of training to operate them. The rocket can travel about 45 miles (70 kilometers).
US officials announced Thursday that the United States will send an additional $ 450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including four of its medium-range rocket systems, ammunition and other supplies.
An employee of the pro-Moscow administration in the southern city of Kherson, captured by Russian troops early in the invasion, was killed in a Friday explosion.
Hellson's pro-Russian local government said Dmitry Savruchenko died in what is called a "terrorist attack" when his car exploded.
There was no immediate liability claim.
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