Conditions for civilians are currently difficult in the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk. They have no cell phone reception, nor access to water and electricity. According to the governor of the region, the remaining civilians cook over campfires and shelter in cellars.
“We are trying to persuade people to leave the city. But some simply refuse,” said the governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, Serhiy Hajday. He estimates that about ten percent of the inhabitants are still in the city. Lysychansk is located near the strategically important city of Sieverodonetsk and is currently used by Ukrainian units to fire on Russian forces in the neighboring city. Hajday fears Russian soldiers could encircle Lysychansk by closing off access roads and blocking supplies. Due to the attacks, however, there are “no more safe places” in the Luhansk region anyway.
Russian troops repulsed near Krasnopillya
However, the Ukrainian General Staff reported a successful counter-attack near the town of Krasnopillja (Sumy region). There, Russian troops are said to have been repulsed and suffered heavy casualties. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared confident of victory early Sunday morning. “We will not give the South to anyone and we will take back everything that is ours.” Armed forces, police and national guard in the Mykolayiv region would not doubt Ukraine’s victory.
Hajday expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to appear before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. However, he objected that in the Luhansk region there were also individual residents who hoped for the development of a “Russian world”. Hajday himself is ready to fight against the Russian forces. He regularly provides information about the course of the war on social media such as Facebook and Telegram.
Source: Krone
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