On Monday, June 20, Ukraine announced that it had lost control of the eastern village of Metolkine, a suburb of Syerodonetsk, a key city in Donbas, which Russian forces have been trying to take full control of for weeks.
«Unfortunately, we no longer control Metolkin“, – said in a press release posted on the social networks of the governor of Lugansk region Sergi Gaida. The Russian occupation of the village, which had a pre-war population of about 1,000, was the latest Russian attack on the Sierodonetsk area, where the Moscow army encountered heavy Ukrainian resistance. Russian troops have been moving slowly toward the Donbas region, which includes the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, where they have concentrated their forces after being pushed out of the capital around Ukraine at the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February.
The Siero Donetsk Nitrogen Chemical Plant, where hundreds of civilians are believed to be staying, was bombed.permanentlyBy Russian forces, according to Sergey Gaida. Meanwhile, Siyerodonetsk Mayor Oleksandr Stryuk told Ukrainian television on Monday that the Moscow army controlled most of the city’s residential areas. «If we talk about the whole city, even more than a third is controlled by our armed forces. The rest is controlled by the Russians“, He detailed. «Street fight is 24 hoursHe added that the Ukrainian troops were regularly bombed. The evacuation of civilians from Syerodonetsk has been impossible for several days after the destruction of the last bridge connecting the neighboring city of Lisitchansk.
Source: Le Figaro
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