Advance northwards thwarted but city of Sloviansk and other civilian areas are being shelled heavily
Advance northwards thwarted, but city of Sloviansk and other civilian areas are being shelled heavilyA firefighter works at a warehouse following shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on June 6 2022. Picture: ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/REUTERS
Moscow says pushing Ukrainian troops out of both regions is central to what it calls its “special military operation” to ensure its security, a now four-months-long offensive which the West calls an unprovoked war of aggression. “We are holding back the enemy on the border of Luhansk region and Donetsk region,” Luhansk governor Serhiy Gaidai said on Ukrainian television.
Gaidai and other Ukrainian officials have said Russian artillery forces is pounding targets in the Donetsk region.“The situation is tense,” he said, speaking a day after local officials said Russian forces struck a market and a residential area in Sloviansk and killed at least two people. Russia says it does not target civilians.
“There are no safe areas in Mykolaiv,” he said. “I am telling the people of the city that they need to leave.” Glushenko said she did not think she would be safe in other parts of Ukraine, so stayed in Lysychansk with her family.
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