"There are Russian troops in the city, trying to form the occupying power - appointing one or another commander, trying to create some assets of the city," - said the legitimate mayor of Severodonetsk

Alexander Struk

at a briefing on June 27 via video link.

According to him, the humanitarian situation in the city is very difficult.

“The situation with food is difficult, with the languages ​​of the people it is difficult.

It is impossible to restore the infrastructure.

Even given the promises of the occupying power that they will soon restore order there, unfortunately - desirable, not real, "- added the Ukrainian politician.

Alexander Struk noted that the Russians do not systematically provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians who remained in the city, refusing to evacuate.

According to him, 7-8 thousand residents remain in the city.

“As far as I know, the occupiers are now occupying vacant living space, apartments of northern residents who were evacuated from the city, placing their soldiers and officers there.

That is, manage the city the way they want.

People are still trying to leave, some to relatives, to acquaintances in the occupied territories.

How they will be further is a principled decision and possibilities of each person, ”the legal mayor of Severodonetsk said.

Since 2014, after the occupation of Luhansk, Severodonetsk has served as the regional center of the Luhansk region.

Russia's war against Ukraine

  • At 5 am on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbas at the request of the DNR and LNR groups.

    On February 21, during a televised address to the Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the regions.

    On February 22, the Federation Council ratified the decision.

  • All the days of the war are shelling Ukrainian cities with missiles, flying aircraft.

    Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

    Representatives of the Lukashenko regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus occupied and calls for resistance to Russian invaders.

  • On February 27, the International Legion of Territorial Defense was established in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were encouraged to join.

    Belarusians also entered there.

    During the three and a half months of the war, six Belarusian volunteers and soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed at the front: Alexei "Tour" Skobla, Ilya "Litvin" Khrenov, Dmitry "Terror" .

  • On June 17, Kalinouski's regiment fighters received state Ukrainian awards "For Military Merit" and "Ukraine Above All."

  • On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

    It included people who worked in the analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Contrary to Putin's claims of attacks exclusively on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

    The Russians use banned weapons, including cluster bombs against civilians.

  • On April 1, Lithuania became the first EU country to completely abandon Russian gas.

    Latvia and Estonia followed suit.

    Germany has promised to completely suspend the use of Russian oil by the end of 2022.

  • On April 2, after the liberation of the city of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photos showing hundreds of the dead, victims of mass killings committed by Russian troops.

    Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves.

    The Russian occupation and Borodyanka brought great destruction.

    A number of rapes, including infants, are also known.

  • In April, the number of missile attacks on Ukraine and air strikes from Belarus decreased, and Russian troops began to leave Belarus.

  • On May 9, the President of the United States signed the Land League Act.

    This law restores the program of the Second World War, which will accelerate the supply of weapons to Ukraine and increase the volume of such assistance.

  • On the night of May 17, Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Malyar confirmed the start of an operation to rescue Ukrainian servicemen trapped in the territory of "Azovstal".

    According to her, 53 seriously wounded people were evacuated from there to the medical institution of occupied Novoazovsk.

    Another 211 people were taken to Alenivka along the humanitarian corridor.

    Russia's Defense Ministry says nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters at the plant "surrendered" as of May 18.

    The International Committee of the Red Cross has officially registered these fighters as prisoners of war.

  • Since its inception, the Foreign Legion has been joined by thousands of volunteers from 55 countries, including Canada, the Baltic States, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, the United States, the Czech Republic, Finland and other countries.

    Several foreigners who fought for Ukraine were captured and killed.

  • In June, two volunteers from Great Britain and one from Morocco were sentenced to death in the so-called "DPR".

  • Since the beginning of the war, 34 journalists have died.

    Some did not perform professional functions, but were mobilized in the Ukrainian army.

  • Independent verification of information about hostilities provided by officials of various parties is not yet possible.