Rome, 22, august 2022 – Severodonetsk it will become a new one Mariupol, the Ukrainian commissioner for human rights of the Verkhovna Rada Lyudmila Denisova denounces this. The Russian army wants to conquer the city that has become the main Ukrainian administrative center of Lugansk since the 2014 war. The Kremlin has been hammering the area with artillery bombardments for days, and is intensifying its operations on the ground, amassing troops and means to break through.
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“Enemy attacks are constantly being carried out in many areas and settlements are being bombed by rockets from artillery and skeet systems. The enemy has concentrated all its forces on the assault on Severodonetsk, on the outskirts of which battles are constantly taking place. The city is transforming in a new Mariupol “Denisova said.
In fact, the frontal attack on the city would be a suicide: the Ukrainians had prepared, from the pro-Russian rebellion, the defense of Severodonetsk, which is therefore surrounded by strong fortified lines. The Russians thus continue to strike with artillery while they are encircling it. And to be more incisive they are also using the BMP-T Terminator 2 tanks, the latest in tank technology, also capable of shooting down aircraft in flight.
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Having failed the advance on Kiev, it is clear that the second phase of the special operation for Moscow is to establish full control over the territory of the Donetsk e Lugansk and keep the land corridor with Crimea occupied. With Odessa still at the top of Moscow’s list, which could end up being besieged on two fronts, from the advance coming from the east, but also from Transnistria, where Russian troops are joining local, pro-Russian armed groups, according to what it claims. the Ukrainian Army General Staff on Facebook.