Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
Battle of Sievierodonetsk | |||||||
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Part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ukraine | |||||||
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Russian Armed Forces | Ukrainian Armed Forces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
1 civilian[1] |
The Battle of Sievierodonetsk is an ongoing military engagement that started on 2 March 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, as part of the Eastern Ukraine offensive. Sievierodonetsk is currently the acting administrative center of Luhansk Oblast.
Battle
At around 15:00 on 28 February, Russian forces began to shell Sievierodonetsk.[2] According to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, one person was killed and several were injured. Gas pipelines were also hit by the shelling.[3]
On 2 March, fighting was reported in almost all the villages near Sievierodonetsk.[4] Russian forces continued to shell the city, including a school gym that was acting as a bomb shelter. No deaths were reported.[5] At 15:20 that day, Ukrainian officials said Russian forces tried to enter the city, but were repelled.[6]
Attacks against civilians
Numerous attacks against civilian facilities have occurred in Sievierodonetsk. On 17 March 2022, the Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhiy Haidai reported that Russian forces had shot a shelter intended for women and children and declared that "there are no safe places in Luhansk Region anymore".[7] It was again reported on 22 March 2022 by Haidai that the Russians had shelled a children's hospital the roof of which caught fire, although no one was wounded.[8]
References
- ^ "Росія обстріляла Сєвєродонецьк: є жертва і поранені – ОДА" [Russia shelled Severodonetsk: there are victims and wounded - the regional state administration] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Окупанти обстріляли Сєвєродонецьк: що відомо про загиблих та постраждалих". ukrainenews.fakty.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Росія обстріляла Сєвєродонецьк: є жертва і поранені – ОДА". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Бої тривають майже у всіх довколишніх селах навколо Сєвєродонецька – голова Луганської обладміністрації". Інтерфакс-Україна (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "У Сєвєродонецьку російський снаряд влучив у школу, де ховалися люди (відео)". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Новини України: Російське вторгнення: поточна ситуація на Луганщині". Гал-інфо. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ "Russian invaders fire on shelter for mothers and children in Sievierodonetsk". Ukrinform. 17 March 2022.
- ^ "Російські окупанти обстріляли дитячу лікарню в Сєвєродонецьку: дітей та персонал вдалося врятувати". Vilne Radio (in Ukrainian). 22 March 2022.