The head of the Severodonetsk VGA Alexander Stryuk said on the air of the telethon that street fighting continues in Severodonetsk. According to him, Russian troops are gathering more and more forces into the city..
" Our Armed Forces have entrenched themselves in positions, are holding the city, those lines that they occupied. But at the same time, the fights do not subside.
A lot of enemy artillery and equipment is concentrated, which storms the city. They try to attack, we stop them. Our Armed Forces are doing their best to defend the city,"
He stressed that the occupation of Severodonetsk for the Russian Federation is more a symbolic goal than a strategic one..
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Recall, the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that the situation in Severodonetsk had worsened. Ukrainian military fortified their positions in the industrial zone of the city.