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Russia says it occupies 1/3 of Severodonetsk, Britain guesses Moscow’s tactics in Eastern Ukraine

According to officials of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR), the process of Russian troops attacking the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk took longer than expected.

“I can claim that a third of the city Severodonetsk was within our control. Fighting still raged in urban areas, and advance was slower than expected. But first, we want to preserve the city’s infrastructure,” the Guardian news agency quoted LPR official Leonid Pasechnik as saying this morning (May 31).

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A Russian soldier in Severodonetsk, Ukraine. Photo: The Guardian/ Russian Media

“Our main objective now is to capture the two cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. According to Russian military circles, the army Ukraine in those places about 10,000 people,” added Mr. Pasechnik.

Severodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk said in a later statement that the Ukrainian army still controls the city and is fighting to slow the Russian advance. “However, evacuations of civilians cannot take place during the outbreak of fighting,” Stryuk said.

According to The Guardian, the claims of the PLR ​​official Pasechnik “wanting to preserve the infrastructure in Severodonetsk” are currently unverifiable, because Ukrainian officials have said in recent days that important infrastructure in the city The streets were all destroyed by the artillery fire of the Russian army.

Video: The Guardian/ Russian Media

UK predicts Moscow’s tactics in Eastern Ukraine

According to British intelligence, the Russian army will need to capture many more places besides Severodonetsk, including the city of Kramatorsk and the Dnipro-Donetsk route, if they want to control the entire Lugansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine.

“The capture of the town of Lyman by the Russian army supported efforts to encircle Severodonetsk, as well as detain the Ukrainian armed forces in the Lugansk province. Heavy shelling is still going on, while street fighting seems to be happening on the outskirts of Severodonetsk,” Al Jazeera news agency quoted intelligence as posted by the British Ministry of Defense this morning (31). /5).

Russia reacts to EU oil embargo

“As the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula Von der Leyen said yesterday, Russia will look for other oil-importing countries. It is worth noting that she is now very inconsistent with the statements she made yesterday. This very rapid change shows that the European Union (EU) is currently in a bad state,” wrote Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Austria. Twitter today (May 31).

According to The Guardian, the statement was made by Russian official Ulyanov just hours after EC President Von der Leyen was “delighted” that the EU had agreed on the issue of cutting 90% of Russia’s oil imports by 2020. 2023.

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