The Battle of Sievierodonetsk is an ongoing military engagement that started on 2 March 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive. Sievierodonetsk is currently the acting administrative center of Luhansk Oblast.
Battle[]
At around 15:00 on 28 February, Russian forces began to shell Sievierodonetsk.[1] According to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, one person was killed and several were injured. Gas pipelines were also hit by the shelling.[2]
On 2 March, fighting was reported in almost all the villages near Sievierodonetsk.[3] Russian forces continued to shell the city, including a school gym that was acting as a bomb shelter. No deaths were reported.[4] At 15:20 that day, Ukrainian officials said Russian forces tried to enter the city, but were repelled.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "Окупанти обстріляли Сєвєродонецьк: що відомо про загиблих та постраждалих" (in uk). https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/397419-okkupanty-obstrelyali-severodoneck-chto-izvestno-o-pogibshih-i-postradavshih.
- ↑ "Росія обстріляла Сєвєродонецьк: є жертва і поранені – ОДА" (in uk). https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-severodonetsk-obstril/31728268.html.
- ↑ "Бої тривають майже у всіх довколишніх селах навколо Сєвєродонецька – голова Луганської обладміністрації" (in uk). https://interfax.com.ua/news/general/805232.html.
- ↑ "У Сєвєродонецьку російський снаряд влучив у школу, де ховалися люди (відео)" (in uk). https://www.unian.ua/war/u-syevyerodonecku-rosiyskiy-snaryad-vluchiv-u-shkolu-de-hovalisya-lyudi-video-novini-donbasu-11726269.html.
- ↑ "Новини України: Російське вторгнення: поточна ситуація на Луганщині". https://galinfo.com.ua/news/rosiyske_vtorgnennya_potochna_sytuatsiya_na_luganshchyni_381541.html.
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