Battle of Rubizhne
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Battle of Sievierodonetsk | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
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1 civilian[1] |
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 centre of Luhansk Oblast.
Battle
At around 15:00 on 28 February, Russian troops started to shell the city.[2] According to Serhiy Haidai, Governor of Luhansk Oblast, there was one casualty and several injured. Gas pipelines were also hit.[3]
On 2 March, fighting was reported in almost all villages nearby Sievierodonetsk.[4] Russian forces continued to shell the city, including a school gym acting as a bomb shelter. No deaths were reported.[5] At 15:20 of that day, ukrainian sources claimed that Russian troops tried to enter the city. There was no independant confirmation, as the claimed ukrainian offensive on Horlivka.[6]
References
- ^ https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-severodonetsk-obstril/31728268.html
- ^ "Окупанти обстріляли Сєвєродонецьк: що відомо про загиблих та постраждалих". ukrainenews.fakty.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Росія обстріляла Сєвєродонецьк: є жертва і поранені – ОДА". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Бої тривають майже у всіх довколишніх селах навколо Сєвєродонецька - голова Луганської обладміністрації". Інтерфакс-Україна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "У Сєвєродонецьку російський снаряд влучив у школу, де ховалися люди (відео)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Новини України: Російське вторгнення: поточна ситуація на Луганщині". Гал-інфо. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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