Russian military has taken full control of the city of Ukraine svierodonetsk and the nearby city of Borivske, a senior defense ministry official said in a statement on Saturday.
Ukrainian officials said earlier in the day that their troops had withdrawn from Svyarodonetsk after protracted fighting with regular Russian troops and fighters from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said, “As a result of successful offensive operations, units of the People’s Militia of the LPR with the support of Russian troops …
He said the attack had foiled a Ukrainian effort to turn the city’s Azot chemical plant into a stubborn center of resistance.
Konashenkov said LPR fighters now controlled the plant, where several hundred civilians were sheltering. He made no mention of their fate.
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