War in Ukraine: Russian forces attack the last Ukrainian-controlled city in Lugansk

On the 123rd day of the war in Ukraine, yesterday Sunday, Russian troops focused their attacks on Lysitshansk, the day after the formalization of the occupation of its twin city, Sheverontonyevsk, on the other side of the Donetsk River, while also hitting with rockets – with other – the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, for the first time in three weeks.

Russian forces are using artillery to cut off access to Lisichansk from the south, according to the Ukrainian General Staff. Political and military infrastructure were also affected, according to the same img, although this information could not be independently verified.

Lisichansk is the last city controlled by Ukrainian forces in the Luhansk region. Russian troops are already on its borders.

Earlier, a nine-storey apartment building was hit by a Russian missile strike, killing at least one person and injuring at least seven others, and many were trapped in the rubble, according to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

While fighting is raging in eastern Ukraine, the situation in Kyiv has been relatively calm in recent months.

Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, said a rocket hit a kindergarten in the Shevchenko district.

A seven-year-old girl and her mother were found alive in the wreckage, according to Mayor Klitschko. The building is located very close to the Artem weapons factory, which has been repeatedly targeted by Russian attacks.

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Khoncharenko said a total of 14 rockets hit the capital and its suburbs early yesterday.

Source: News Beast

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