As of: 06/17/2022 6:22 p.m
Many deaths have been reported in eastern Ukraine after Russian bombings from Lysychansk. A rocket attack on Mykolaiv in the south of the country is said to have resulted in deaths and injuries.
Many people are said to have been killed in heavy bombing of the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk. This is reported by the Reuters news agency with reference to the governor of the Luhansk region Serhiy Hajday. Specific numbers were not given.
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Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
Sievjerodonetsk threatened encirclement
Lysychansk’s twin city across the river – Sieverodonetsk – has reportedly not been fully captured by Russian forces. The fighting will continue there. The dpa news agency reports that, according to the British secret service, there is still a risk of the strategically important city being surrounded.
The Russian troops continued their efforts to close the ring around Sieverodonetsk. “In the past 24 hours, Russian forces have probably continued to try to gain the upper hand on the Popasna axis, from which they want to encircle the Sievarodonetsk pocket from the south,” says the daily update on the Ukraine war on the website of the British Ministry of Defence.
City view of Seyerodonetsk with clouds of smoke in the air.
Image: AFP
Chemical plant almost completely destroyed
Sieverodonetsk is also home to the embattled Azot chemical plant. It is said to have been almost completely destroyed by Russian artillery and rocket fire. “There are no surviving administrative buildings on the territory of the chemical giant,” military governor Hajdaj told Telegram.
Nevertheless, according to Ukrainian information, there are still soldiers and hundreds of civilians on the site. An evacuation is not possible because of the ongoing Russian shelling.
Attack on Russian ship in the Black Sea
According to the authorities, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian Navy tugboat with rockets in the Black Sea. This is reported by several news agencies. According to dpa, there has not yet been any confirmation from the Russian fleet.
According to the information, it is the “Wassili Beg”. The ship is said to have been with soldiers, weapons and ammunition on its way to Snake Island, south of the port city of Odessa, which has been occupied by Russia since the end of February. Information on whether and how many people were injured is not yet available. According to Ukrainian data, the ship was heavily confirmed.
Shaded in white: advance of the Russian army. Shaded in green: Russian-backed separatist areas. Crimea: annexed by Russia.
Image: ISW/06/15/2022
Dead and injured in Mykolaiv
Another Russian rocket attack is said to have taken place in southern Ukraine, on the city of Mykolaiv. According to regional governor Vitaly Kim, two people were killed and 20 injured, including a child. Four residential buildings and an infrastructure facility were damaged.
According to the Russian Presidential Office, the main goal of what Russia calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine remains the “protection of the population” in Donbass. The region must be saved from “barbaric attacks” by the Ukrainian armed forces, said Presidential Office spokesman Dmitry Peskov.