According to Ukrainian information, the Russian military has established itself in the city center when it stormed the administrative center of Sievjerodonetsk.
“The aggressor carried out attacks in the northern, southern and eastern urban areas of Sieverodonetsk, had success with individual units and is now nesting in the city centre,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its morning situation report today.
West of the city, in the Bakhmut area, Russia tried to push the Ukrainian defenders out of their positions at Bilohorivka and Vrubivka. There were also attacks at Komyshuvahka, Berestove and Nyrkove. All of these towns are located in the western rear area of Sievjerodonetsk.
Strategic positioning
The Russian attacks are probably aimed at preventing Ukraine from an orderly retreat from the former city. This has been the administrative center of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
In addition, the General Staff reported further Russian attempts to advance towards Sloviansk. Before the war, the metropolitan area around Slowjansk and Kramatorsk comprised around half a million people. It is the operations center of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbas.
