The Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed on Monday that Russian forces have taken the center of the city of Severodonetsklocated in the province of Lugansk (east) and the epicenter of the fighting in recent days, in the framework of the war unleashed on February 24 by order of the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has indicated in a message on its account on the social network Facebook that "the enemy, with artillery support, has carried out assault operations on Severodonetsk, with partial success". Thus, he pointed out that Ukrainian units have been "expelled" from the city center, although "hostilities continue".
In this regard, it has confirmed that Russian troops "have fired artillery at Defense Forces positions in the settlements of Lisichansk, Severodonetsk and Toshkivka"while adding that "occupation forces focus offensive operations on encircling troops in Severodonetsk and Lisichansk areas and blocking logistics routes from Bakhmut".
"In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers successfully repelled assault operations in the Viktorivka-Vrubivka and Komishivaja-Vrubivka directions. The enemy resumed offensive operations near the village of Zolote"has highlighted, before adding that "In the direction of Sloviansk, the enemy units focused their efforts on breaking into the settlements of Dolina and Bohorodichne, without success.".
Also, it has been pointed out that "the Russian enemy carried out assault operations in the Ternov-Izbitske direction, with partial success, settling in the northern zone"while in the direction of Kharkiv "Russian enemy units continue to focus their main efforts on positional defense and preventing the advance of Ukrainian troops to the state border of Ukraine".
On the other hand, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has encrypted in "near 32,300" the number of Russian servicemen killed in combat, including more than 150 over the last day, while indicating that 1,432 battle tanks, 718 artillery systems and 226 multiple self-propelled and armored rocket launchers have also been destroyed.
Likewise, it has indicated that 213 planes, 178 helicopters, 97 anti-aircraft defense systems, 2,460 vehicles and fuel tanks, thirteen boats and 585 drones have also been destroyed, while 125 cruise missiles have been shot down.
"The Russian enemy suffered the greatest losses during the last day in the direction of Bakhmut"you have noted in your message, before adding that "data is being updated". "Hit the occupant. Let’s win together. Our strength is in the truth"has settled.
