In the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, the humanitarian situation is difficult, said City Council Secretary Konstantin Petrov, Espresso reports.. According to him, the residents of the city remaining there are completely locked down..

“The situation is very complicated around Izyum. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the offensive of the enemy, he is trying to advance towards the Donbass. The city of Izyum has geographical and strategic importance, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold on and repel attacks, fighting off the opportunity to move forward. As for the city itself, the city is in a very difficult situation, primarily in the humanitarian. The residents remaining in the city are completely cut off, blocked, it has been impossible to provide humanitarian assistance there for many days and it is impossible to evacuate people, because the occupiers are not allowed into the city,” Petrov said..

He also said that the destruction in Izyum is horrendous.. The city center, many schools, hospitals, a primary health care center, a bus station were destroyed there, residential multi-storey buildings were destroyed, transport infrastructure.

“That is, from the beginning, aerial bombs rained down on the city, then there were shelling from all possible artillery and rocket systems, the destruction was very terrifying,” Petrov summed up..

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian army is trying to break through the defense of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Izyum region and establish full control over the city of Mariupol. In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy also continues to partially block Kharkov, shelling the city using rocket and cannon artillery systems and mortars.