“Russian military operations in Severodonetsk continue with a high intensity of artillery and aerial bombardments”. This was stated by Roman Vlasenko, head of the military administration of the Severodonetsk district, adding that “the industrial area and nearby residential buildings are being bombed, while fighting continues in the city”. “There is information – said Vlasenko during the daily information marathon on national television – that practically all the Russian reserves in the temporarily occupied territories are employed on the front line. We are in the midst of the battle for Donbass“.
Meanwhile, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republic of Lugansk have assured that more than 20 civilians have left the Azot chemical plant. According to the representative of the self-proclaimed Lugansk republic in Moscow, Rodion Miroshnik, the displaced have been rescued, while the departure of the rest of the civilians and the laying down of arms by the Ukrainian military is complicated by the continuous bombing of the city. “As the allied forces move into the areas around the Azot – he wrote on Telegram – the civilians, who have remained in the shelters of the plant in recent weeks, are starting to leave it. Yesterday about two dozen civilians left the second gate. of the plant, which is not controlled by the militants “.
SECOND US CITIZEN DEAD IN THE CONFLICT
A second American citizen died in Ukraine. Stephen D. Zabielski, 52, died on May 15 in the fighting in Ukraine according to an obituary published in The Recorder newspaper. The State Department is in contact with the family, confirmed a US official quoted by the Washington Post without giving details on the case in “respecting the family in this difficult time”.
The news of the death of Zabielski, a native of New York, comes two weeks after the family of 22-year-old American Willy Joseph Cancel confirmed the death of the “veteran” of the Marines in the fighting in Ukraine, the Post points out.
News of Zabilelski’s death began to circulate after Rolling Stone magazine, citing various sources with knowledge of the circumstances of Zabielski’s death, wrote on Monday that he was a “veteran” killed by a mine explosion.
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