Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk

In News: Russia storms key city in eastern Ukraine

• Heavy fighting in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk
• Ukrainian regional officials reported Russian forces “storming” Sievierodonetsk after trying unsuccessfully to encircle the city.

Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk

• Sievierodonetsk, located about 143 kilometres south of the Russian border, has emerged in recent days as the epicentre of Moscow’s quest to capture all of Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region.

• Russia also stepped up its efforts to take nearby Lysychansk, where civilians rushed to escape persistent shelling.
• The two eastern cities span the strategically-important Siverskiy Donetsk river.
• They are the last major areas under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, which makes up the Donbas together with neighbouring Donetsk.

Previous Year Questions (PYQs)

Q.1) Consider the following pairs: (2018)

Regions sometimes mentioned in news         Country

1. Catalonia            —                                  Spain
2. Crimea      —                                 Hungary
3. Mindanao    —                                Philippines
4. Oromia     —                                Nigeria

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

1. 1, 2 and 3
2. 3 and 4 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 2 and 4 only

Source: Times of India