As the verdict in the first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier is expected Monday, May 23 in kyiv, the governor from the Lugansk region, Serguiï Gaïdaï, alert to the fact that thea situation becomes “Harder and harder” for Ukrainians in the Donbass.
Moscow continues to step up its firepower in the Donbass. There are, according to Serguiï Gaïdaï, the units withdrawn from the Kharkiv region (north-east), the attackers of the siege of Mariupol (south-east), the militias of the separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, the Chechen forces and troops mobilized as reinforcements from Siberia and the Russian Far East.
“The scorched earth tactic”
“All Russian forces are concentrated in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions”, says the governor on Telegram. Same with armament. “Everything is concentrated here”, he adds, including the famous anti-aircraft and anti-missile complexes S-300 and S-400, equivalent to the American Patriots. Crucial point of this battle of Donbass, Severodonetsk, in the Lugansk region, is under fire from Moscow “Round the clock”was indignant Sergey Gaidai.
“They are using scorched earth tactics, they are deliberately destroying the city” with aerial bombardments, multiple rocket launchers, mortars or tanks firing at buildings, he added. The Ukrainian army announced on Facebook on Sunday at least seven civilians killed and eight others injured in bombings in 45 municipalities in the Donetsk region.