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The Ukrainian official in charge of the region stated Tuesday that Russian troops had gained partial control of the east Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, as Moscow’s army moved farther into the Donbas region.
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“The situation is extremely complicated. Part of Severodonetsk is controlled by the Russians,” Sergiy Gaiday, the regional governor of Lugansk, claimed in a social media posting.
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He said that Ukrainian forces still control parts of the industrial metropolis in eastern Ukraine, and that Moscow’s troops “cannot move freely across the city.”
“The enemy is planning an operation to clear the surrounding villages,” Gaiday added.
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Russia has moved its emphasis to the eastern Donbas region, where it is aiming to consolidate regions under its control, after failing to conquer Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, in the early phases of the war.
Severodonetsk, which had a population of roughly 100,000 people before the conflict, is one of many significant urban centres on Russia’s way to conquering the whole Lugansk area and east Ukraine’s de-facto administrative centre, Kramatorsk.
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