Forces Battle for ‘Every Meter' of Severodonetsk; Ukraine Calls for More Heavy Weapons
, international humanitarian law prohibits indiscriminate attacks, and the use of weapons that are indiscriminate by nature.
Noting that the battle around Severodonetsk"continued to rage" over the weekend, the U.K. said on Twitter that"over the coming months, river crossing operations are likely to be among the most important determining factors in the course of the war." A damaged building is pictured in Lysychansk as black smoke and dirt rise from the nearby city of Severodonetsk during battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops in the eastern Ukraine region of Donbas on June 9, 2022.
In his regular address to the nation, Zelenskyy added that the Russian army was trying to deploy reserve forces into the Donbas, the eastern Ukrainian region that Russia aims to seize and fully occupy. Russia characterizes its invasion as seeking to"liberate" the Donbas and two self-proclaimed pro-Russian"republics" there.
The governor of Luhansk said Sunday that Russian forces had blown up bridges linking Severodonetsk with Lysychansk across the river, with the remaining bridge at critical risk of collapsing, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians.Anatolii Stepanov | Afp | Getty Images In the latest military update from Ukraine's armed forces, spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Shtupun said that Russian units continue to focus their efforts"on conducting positional defense" and preventing Ukrainian troops from advancing towards the border with Russia.
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