Russian missiles rained on Saturday in cities across Ukraine. Hundreds of civilians remain trapped in chemical plants four months after the invasion as troops move deep into one of the last cities in the isolated eastern part of Luhansk, Severodonetsk.
Russian soldiers are reportedly moving to areas of the city where Ukrainian troops are withdrawing,after a few days of street fighting on Friday after massive casualties. , Ordered to leave the besieged city.
All bridges to the city, along with most of the city's infrastructure, were destroyed by Russian troops, the BBC reported.
Hundreds of civilians were trapped in a chemical plant with an underground structure outside Severodonetsk. Shell continued to beat the plants on Saturday,Keywin Independent reported, citing Regional Governor Serhiy Haidai. It is estimated that between 500 and 800 people are evacuating to underground vegetation.
Local news agencyis a Russian ally We reportedan overnight airstrike that began in Belarus. "According to the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency, this was the first air strike on Ukraine directly from Belarus' territory and was Russia's" provocation "to bring Belarus into the war with Ukraine," Kyiv Indy said. Pendent said.
A missile from Belarus hit targets throughout Ukraine.
The Russians also bombarded the city of Lysychans'k, the "twin city" of Severodonetsk. This is an important development. Russia's President Vladimir Putin justified the invasion by claiming to protect the predominantly Russian-speaking Luhansk people from the genocide, which has been in the Kremlin-backed fighting since 2014.
With Donetsk Oblast, Russia when Putin began its invasion Donbus claimed to be the territory of.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has described the south and southeast of the city as "the hottest sectors on the front lines," the BBC reported.
The British Ministry of Defense said the restructuring of Ukrainian troops was caused by "Russian armored forces continue to make sneaking profits at the southern tip" of the region.
Putin "probably has excluded several generals from the role of major operational commander," including paratrooper commander and South Army commander Alexander Dvornikov. "Donetsk was probably acting as an overall operational commander for some time," the ministry said in a Twitter post.
Apart from this, Russia has up to 80 troops. Claimed to have killed a Polish fighter. The Donetsk region,Telegraphreported.
A precision attack at the Kostyantynivka Megatex Zinc Plant in the Donetsk region destroyed up to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armored fighting vehicles, and 8 Glad multiple rocket launchers. "The Russian Defense Ministry said: Statements that could not be verified independently. It is not clear when the strike took place.
While Ukrainian troops are leaving some areas, the country has already deployed US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems to targets in Russian-occupied sectors, the country's chief general said. Said on Saturday.
" Army Artillery Ukraine has skillfully attacked a specific target, an enemy military target on the territory of Ukraine, " Ukraine Chief of Staff Valerie Zargini wrote in the Telegram app.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskytweeted thanks to the United States for providing the weapons. "Thanks to the [President of the United States] and the American people for making the decision to provide Ukraine with an additional $ 450 million defense aid package," he wrote. "This support, including additional HIMARS, is more important than ever. Through joint efforts, we will free Ukraine's land from Russian invaders."
Meanwhile. Ukraine's largest LGBTQ rights event, Kyiv Pride, participated in Warsaw's annual equality parade. It is the largest gay pride event in Central Europe and is intended to be used as a platform for international attention to the Ukrainian struggle.
"We are marching for political support to Ukraine and for the basic human rights of the Ukrainian people," said Lenny Emson, director of Kyiv Pride. increase. "It's not a celebration. I'll wait to celebrate the victory."
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