The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) said on Monday morning that Russia had pushed back Ukrainian forces from the center of Severodnetsk.
“The enemy carried out an assault campaign in the city of Severodnetsk with the help of artillery, with partial success, pushing our units away from the city center and fighting continues,” the AFU said.
Russia was having success “due to a significant advantage in artillery,” Serhio said. Heyday, Head of the Military Administration of the Luhansk Region via Telegram.
Heyday said about 500 civilians, including 40 children, still took refuge at the city’s Azot chemical plant, which is coming under heavy bombardment “by large-caliber enemy artillery”, he said.
Heyde said that the Ukrainian army was trying to evacuate the people. “Azot shelters are not as strong as in Mariupol’s Azovstal,” he said.