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Russia controls Severodonetsk and will deliver nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus

Ukrainian soldiers in retreat after taking the city of Severodonetsk by Russian troops. / either. ratushniak / efe

It was the only large settlement in the Lugansk region that was not yet in Putin’s hands, further strengthening the connection he wants in eastern Ukraine.

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Russia has achieved its second greatest success in the Ukraine war after the conquest of Mariupol. Moscow troops managed to take full control of the city of Severodonetks on Saturday, the only large settlement in the Lugansk region that was not yet in the hands of President Vladimir Putin and thus further strengthens the connection he intends in the east. from the country. “The city is totally under the occupation of the Russian Federation. They are trying to impose their own order. As far as I know they have appointed a ‘commander’”, said the mayor of the region, Oleksandr Striuk.

As for the combatants and civilians entrenched in the Azot industrial plant, the Ukrainian councilor assured that they began to leave the shelter. He pointed out, yes, that the evacuation can only be done in the direction of the territories controlled by Moscow, since across the front it is impossible.

In this sense, the president of the Russian Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadirov, announced that 800 civilians were “liberated” from Azot. “The remains of the armed groups are being liquidated at the airport. Their entire territory is under control,” he said via Telegram.

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On the other hand, Putin announced this Saturday that he will deliver “in the coming months” to his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, nuclear-capable short-range missiles. Specifically, they will be “Iskander-M tactical missile systems, which can use ballistic or cruise missiles, in their conventional and nuclear versions,” the Kremlin chief declared.

Attacks from Minsk

Although the Minsk troops have not participated in the conflict these months, they have supported Moscow. But this Saturday, as reported by kyiv, a “massive bombardment” with Russian missiles launched from Belarus reached the Chernigov region. “Twenty rockets were aimed at the town of Desna,” the Ukrainian Army said. The attacks hit different infrastructures, although there were no victims.

In addition, the latest clashes have resulted in the deaths of at least 80 Polish fighters who joined the ranks of Ukraine. The attack on these “mercenaries”, as the Kremlin described them, took place in Donetsk.

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