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.
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