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AFU cleared half of Severodonetsk from Russians - Gaidai
2022-06-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] The Ukrainian military cleared half of Severodonetsk from the Russian army. Serhiy Gaidai, the head of the military administration of the Luhansk region, announced this on the air of the telethon on Sunday, June 5.

"From the interceptions, we understand that the commander of the Russian army received two tasks - to capture Severodonetsk and the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway by June 10," Gaidai said.

He also predicted that in the next five days, the Russians will try to raze the Lugansk region to the ground.

"Evacuation from Severodonetsk is still impossible: about 15,000 people remain in the city. 98 people were rescued from Lisichansk on June 5," the official said in his speech.

According to Gaidai, the Russian Federation gave General Dvornikov until June 10 to capture Severodonetsk. At the same time, according to British intelligence, the Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked the invaders in Severodonetsk, probably stopping the preliminary operational breakthrough of the Russian forces.

At the same time, Roman Vlasenko, the head of the Severodonetsk regional VA, said on the air of the national telethon that at the moment street fighting continues in the city. Units of Ukrainian troops, he said, began to recapture the city center.

Vlasenko also confirmed Gaidai's words that the Armed Forces of Ukraine control about 50 percent of Severodonetsk. But he said that about 10 thousand civilians now remain in this part of the city.

Russians destroyed almost fifty religious buildings in the Donetsk region
by Anastacia Pshenichnaya
[Vesti] In the Donetsk region alone, the Russians destroyed 43 religious buildings during the 3 months of the war, most of which belonged to the UOC-MP. This was announced by the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko in Telegram.

“Yesterday, as a result of the shelling of Svyatogorsk, the All Saints Skete of the Svyatogorsk Lavra burned down, but this is far from the first religious building destroyed by the Russians. cell of the Svyatogorsk Lavra, killing four monks. In total, Russians have already destroyed or damaged at least 43 religious buildings in the region - the vast majority of them belonged to the Moscow Patriarchate, " Kirilenko said.

Kirilenko is confident that these attacks are the deliberate destruction of any manifestations of Ukrainian culture.

The day before in the Donetsk region on Saturday, a large-scale fire engulfed the All Saints Skete of the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra. The UOC-MP stated that this happened "as a result of hostilities."

The clown prince of Chechnya, Kadyrov says otherwise:
Kadyrov again announced the control of Russian troops over the residential area of ​​Severodonetsk

[REGNUM] The head of Chechnya , Ramzan Kadyrov , posted another video proving that Russian military personnel have taken control of the residential zone of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR). The footage was published in the telegram channel of the head of the region.

It is noted that the video was recorded by the assistant to the head of Chechnya in the power bloc Apta Alaudinov , who “rolled through the streets” of Severodonetsk LPR, “talked to the sellers of the working store ” and emphasized that “ local residents have not seen a single Nazi over the past few days, but about whose “The offensive was not heard at all.”

"Friends, I have repeatedly stated and confirmed by video recordings the fact of taking the entire residential area of ​​the city of Severodonetsk. The Akhmat fighters in these videos moved freely along the main street and the central avenue of the city," Kadyrov wrote, noting that Ukrainian nationalists continue to hang “noodles on their ears” that Severodonetsk is under the control of the Ukrainian authorities.

Recall that on June 2, the assistant to the head of Chechnya, Apta Alaudinov, told reporters that the residential development of the city of Severodonetsk in the LPR was completely liberated from Ukrainian armed occupiers.

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