INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A two-month Russian assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk entered its final phase Friday after Ukrainian forces were ordered to
Royal United Services Institute
city, which began at the beginning of May, has seen Russia pound Sievierodonetsk with artillery, rockets and air strikes,
Friday that troops had finally been ordered to pull out of Sievierodonetsk entirely and cross the Siverskyi Donets river to the
figures for casualties on either side during the fighting for Sievierodonetsk, but both Russia and Ukraine have likely suffered thousands of
consultancy.The capture of Sievierodonetsk means Lysychansk is the only remaining city in the Luhansk region still under the control of
Defense Ministry claimed Friday that its troops had captured 10 Ukrainian villages in the Luhansk region over the past five
Russia might use the seizure of Sievierodonetsk to regroup, continued heavy fighting in the area suggests that they will push on.Ukrainian
officials and soldiers on the ground have said that Ukrainian forces could be ordered to pull back from Lysychansk at any moment if there is
