The battles for Severodonetsk in the Lugansk region of Ukraine have not stopped since the end of May. On Monday, Russian troops advanced to the city center and destroyed the last of three bridges connecting the city with the city of Lisichansk.
Azot chemical enterprise in Severodonetsk is regularly bombarded. At the factory, according to local authorities, up to 560 residents of Severodonetsk can be hidden.
On Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense offered the Ukrainian military defending the Azot chemical plant to surrender, and stated that he would open the humanitarian corridor for civilians in the city of Svatovo, which is controlled by Lugansk separatists, reports BBC.
The Ukrainian side insists on evacuation in Kiev controlled by Kyiv. The Russian Ministry of Defense said this that evacuation in Lisichansk is impossible, since the Ukrainian military blew up bridges.