MADRID, 10 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The authorities of the Ukrainian province of Lugansk (east) have denounced this Friday that the Russian forces “only destroy” in the framework of their military offensive in Ukraine, which currently has its epicenter in the city of Severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting. during the last days.
“Severodonetsk is resisting, but the Russians are destroying everything in their path,” said the head of the Lugansk Regional Administration, Serhiy Haidai. “The Russians haven’t rebuilt anything after eight years in Lugansk, they aren’t even trying to restore water and electricity service in Popasna and Rubizne. They are just destroying,” he said.
“The Russian world is a desert. The enemy is trying to achieve this goal,” Haidai said in a message on his Telegram account, before adding that the city of Severodonetsk is the scene of “intense street fighting.” “We are exhausting the enemy,” she stressed.
Likewise, he stressed that “the Ukrainian soldiers have caused a heavy defeat” to the Russian troops in their offensive against Nirkovo and Mikolayivka and has assured that “the Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed a base of (the Group) Wagner in the occupied zone of Lugansk”.
The provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, where the self-proclaimed republics of the same name are located, have been the scene of a conflict since 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized their independence in February, days before giving the order to invade Ukraine.
