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Fierce combating continues in Severodonetsk and the Kharkiv area, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned throughout a video handle on Tuesday.
In Severodonetsk “the losses, sadly, are painful,” Zelensky mentioned. “However we’ve to carry on.” He went on to say how it is important for the Ukrainian army to remain in Donbas.
“The extra losses the enemy suffers there, the much less power they must proceed the aggression. Due to this fact, the Donbas path is vital to figuring out who will dominate within the coming weeks,” Zelensky mentioned.
Ukraine’s president additionally spoke about how “painful losses” have taken place within the Kharkiv area the place the Russian military is attempting to strengthen its place.
“Preventing for this path continues, and we nonetheless should battle exhausting to battle for full safety for Kharkiv and the area,” Zelensky mentioned.
Fierce battles are occurring in Izium, to the south of Kharkiv, in response to native official Maksym Strelnyk.
Strelnyk, the deputy of Izium’s metropolis council, mentioned Russian forces try to maneuver within the path of Sloviansk and Barvinkove.
Ukrainian Armed Forces have been capable of liberate some settlements on the outskirts of Izium with counterattacks. Strelnyk estimates 15,000 civilians stay in Izium and the town lacks electrical energy, water, gasoline, cell communications and web. Based on the official, about 80% of the infrastructure has been destroyed in Izium.