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‘Unhealthy conditions are growing’ in Severodonetsk, says Ukrainian official

“Unsanitary conditions are growing” in Severodonetsk and “there is not enough water and food” in the city, said Roman Vlasenko, head of the city’s regional administration.

Vlasenko added that there are also problems with the supply of gas and electricity.

He described the living situation as “very sad” for those who remained, although “there aren’t many people there”.

A sign in the city was repainted from Ukrainian to Russian colors on Monday.

Vlasenko said that “pressure continues on pro-Ukrainian activists” and that they continue to face serious challenges.

Russian forces prepare to renew offensive in eastern Ukraine

The Ukrainian military has reported widespread fighting in the northern and southern combat theaters over the past 24 hours, with Ukrainian forces on the offensive in the south and Russian artillery active in Donetsk and Kharkiv.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Russian forces had tried to advance into the Kharkiv region – about 20 kilometers north of the city – but were rebuffed.

However, they continued to bomb districts near the city of Kharkiv and other parts of the region, according to Ukraine’s military.

Two men were killed in the bombing of the town of Zolochiv, near the Russian border, according to the regional military administration.

“In the Kharkiv region, seven people died and 34 were injured as a result of shelling by the occupiers,” the government said.

The General Staff said there were no changes to the front lines north of the city of Sloviansk. “All the enemy’s actions towards these settlements were unsuccessful,” he said.

But Russian shelling of the city from a distance continues, and one person was injured overnight when a residential building was hit, according to local authorities.

The General Staff said Russian forces were also trying to improve their tactical positions further south in the Donetsk region, with missile and rocket attacks in several areas.

The Russian objective is to approach the parts of the region still controlled by Ukrainian forces, about 45% of the region, from three directions.

But since the fall of Lysychansk in neighboring Luhansk, the front lines in Donetsk have changed little.

In the south: Meanwhile, in southern Ukraine, Russian forces are largely on the defensive as Ukrainian forces try to advance in the Kherson region.

The General Staff said on Tuesday that “the enemy is concentrating its efforts on keeping the positions occupied and preventing the offensive of units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces”.

Fighting in Kherson is partly responsible for widespread fires. The regional military administration reported that “at the beginning of July, first responders recorded 75 fires in almost 300,000 hectares”.

The Ukrainian military’s Southern Operational Command said three Russian ammunition depots were hit in parts of Mykolaiv under Russian control, and that Ukrainian helicopters attacked Russian positions in nearby Kherson.

Serhii Khlan, adviser to the head of Kherson’s civil-military administration, said on Tuesday that “our armed forces have started attacking positions near Pravdyne, Oleksandrivka and Snigurivka”. [nas regiões de Kherson e Mykolaiv] with helicopters”.

“We have already launched attacks on almost the entire front line,” Khlan said.

Russian forces are now reinforcing their checkpoints “because the partisan movement is intensifying in the Kherson region… the fortification with concrete indications that the occupiers are preparing for street battles,” he added.

THE CNN failed to verify Khlan’s allegations, but recently there has been an increase in Ukrainian offensive actions in Kherson and Mykolaiv.

Source: CNN Brasil

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