Under shelling 24 hours a day, Ukraine had to make a “painful” decision in the last stronghold of Severodonetsk.
The bridge connecting Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk was destroyed. Photo: AFP
In an interview with 1+1 TV channel, Haidai said: “Maybe we will have to withdraw our troops to strengthen our positions even though Ukraine has no plans to surrender.” Haidai also assessed that Russia will focus all efforts and launch a large offensive operation to control Severodonetsk.
Meanwhile, the head of the Severodonetsk military government said the situation here “remains extremely difficult”.
The war between Russia and Ukraine for control of Severodonetsk escalated last week. Sievierodonetsk and the neighboring town of Lyssychansk are the last Ukrainian strongholds in the Lugansk region. Russia claims to have control of 97% of the region.
Sievierodonetsk and Lyssychansk are strategically important because this region of the Donbass connects with other regions of Ukraine. The highway connecting Lysychansk with Bakhmut is a logistics route for Ukraine. Control of Sievierodonetsk and Lyssychansk would give the Russian military access to the administrative borders of these regions.
From here, the Russian army could advance westward in the direction of Kramatorsk, another administrative center of the Donbass. Kramatorsk was one of the last major industrial cities still under Ukrainian control in the Donbass.
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