Fighting continues in Severodonetsk/Channel 24 collage
The Russian military has concentrated forces in the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions. The Russians are trying to establish control over Severodonetsk and hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.
What is the situation in the Donetsk direction
The press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the relevant information in the evening report. In the Donetsk direction, the Russians are concentrating their main efforts on the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that on June 12 the Russian invaders fired at the positions of Ukrainian troops along the line of collision.
In the Severodonetsk direction hostilities continue
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine noted that the Russian invaders continued to use cannon and rocket artillery in the Severodonetsk direction.
It is reported that the enemy is trying to overcome the resistance of our troops and establish full control over Severodonetsk. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine added that hostilities continue in the Severodonetsk direction.
What is known about the situation in Severodonetsk
- After the Russian armed forces broke through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk at the end of May, they are continuously trying to capture the city.
- On the morning of June 12, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the invaders once again unsuccessfully tried to take Severodonetsk by storm.
- According to preliminary data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine control a third of Severodonetsk. The Luhansk Regional Military Administration informed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeating the Russians in street battles, but enemy artillery was destroying houses.
- It was also reported that the Russian military had some success in the Slavyansk and Severodonetsk directions.
- The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, noted that the Russian military was trying to capture not the city, but the territory. Therefore, they equate Severodonetsk and the Lugansk region with the ground.
- About 10 thousand civilians turned out to be hostages of the difficult situation in Severodonetsk, who cannot leave the city during the hostilities.
- On June 11, the aggressor troops once again fired at the Azot plant, resulting in a leak of lubricants. The shelling of the enemy led to a fire.
