Ukrainian forces to withdraw from Severodonetsk: regional governor

Published : June 24, 2022 , 9:56 pm

A woman walks past a destroyed shop in Kharkov, Ukraine, June 1, 2022. (Photo by Peter Druk/Xinhua)

KIEV, Broadcasting News Corporation :Ukrainian forces were ordered to withdraw from Severodonetsk, the administrative center of the Ukraine-controlled part of the eastern Lugansk region, a regional governor said on Friday. “The soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard were ordered to withdraw to new positions, to new fortified areas, and carry out full-fledged combat operations from those positions,” Serhiy Haidai, head of the Lugansk regional military administration, said on Telegram. About 90 percent of buildings in Severodonetsk were damaged in military actions, Haidai said. On June 20, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said that Russian military forces aimed to capture Lugansk by June 26. News collected from Xinhua News.