{"id":462596,"date":"2022-06-14T12:23:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ukrainians-trapped-in-embattled-city-as-russian-forces-destroy-last-bridge\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T12:23:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:23:58","slug":"ukrainians-trapped-in-embattled-city-as-russian-forces-destroy-last-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainians-trapped-in-embattled-city-as-russian-forces-destroy-last-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ukrainians trapped in embattled city as Russian forces destroy last bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf7169d04d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf7169d04d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ukrainians-trapped-in-embattled-city-as-russian-forces-destroy-last-bridge\/#%E2%80%9CUkrainians_trapped_in_embattled_city_as_Russian_forces_destroy_last_bridge%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Ukrainians trapped in embattled city as Russian forces destroy last bridge&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUkrainians_trapped_in_embattled_city_as_Russian_forces_destroy_last_bridge%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Ukrainians trapped in embattled city as Russian forces destroy last bridge&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>KYIV\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Russian\u00a0forces\u00a0cut off all routes for evacuating citizens from the eastern Ukrainian\u00a0city\u00a0of Sievierodonetsk by\u00a0destroying the\u00a0last\u00a0bridge\u00a0linking it to a Ukrainian held\u00a0city\u00a0on the other side of the river, a Ukrainian official said.<\/p>\n<p>Russian\u00a0troops were \u201ctrying to gain a foothold in the central part of\u00a0city,\u201d the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday in its daily roundup of the conflict in various parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe situation in Sievierodonetsk is extremely aggravated \u2013 the\u00a0Russians are\u00a0destroying high-rise buildings and Azot,\u201d Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk region, said in a post on Telegram. A day earlier he said hundreds of civilians were sheltering in the grounds of the Azot chemical plant, which had been shelled by\u00a0Russian\u00a0forces.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has issued increasingly urgent calls for more Western heavy weapons to help defend Sievierodonetsk, which Kyiv says could hold the key to the battle for the eastern Donbas region and the course of the war, now in its fourth month.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday Gaidai had said on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> that some 70% of the\u00a0city\u00a0was under enemy control, and the destruction of the\u00a0last\u00a0bridge\u00a0across the river to the twin\u00a0city\u00a0of Lysychansk meant any civilians still in Sievierodonetsk were tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed, and it was impossible to deliver humanitarian supplies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-1-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian servicemen ride an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer M109, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-22648252\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian servicemen ride an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer M109, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest Ukrainian military situation report was filled with forboding over\u00a0Russian\u00a0forces\u00a0building up in several parts of the Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>It reported the enemy was \u201ccreating conditions for the development of the offensive on Sloviansk,\u201d and an offensive on the towns of Lyman, Yampil and Siversk \u2013 all west of Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Late on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the battle for the eastern Donbas would go down as one of the most brutal in European history. The region, comprising the provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk, is claimed by\u00a0Russian\u00a0separatists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us, the price of this battle is very high. It is just scary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe draw the attention of our partners daily to the fact that only a sufficient number of modern artillery for Ukraine will ensure our advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s main goal is to protect Donetsk and Luhansk, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, after the leader of one of the separatist regions asked for additional\u00a0forces\u00a0from Moscow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-4.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A local resident walks in front of an apartment building destroyed in a missile strike, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-22648255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A local resident walks in front of an apartment building destroyed in a missile strike, amid Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, in Bakhmut, Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine needs 1,000 howitzers, 500 tanks and 1,000 drones among other heavy weapons, Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow issued the latest of several recent reports saying it had\u00a0destroyed U.S. and European arms and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s defense ministry said high-precision air-based missiles had struck near the railway\u00a0station in Udachne northwest of Donetsk, hitting equipment that had been delivered to Ukrainian\u00a0forces.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s interior ministry on Telegram said that Udachne had been hit by a\u00a0Russian\u00a0strike overnight Sunday into Monday, without\u00a0mentioning whether weapons had been targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has criticized the United States and other nations for sending Ukraine weapons and has threatened to strike new targets if the West supplied long-range missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The European Commission will recommend granting Ukraine official status as an EU candidate country, Politico reported late on Monday, citing several unnamed officials.<\/p>\n<p>Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday that the EU executive\u2019s opinion on Ukraine\u2019s request to join would be ready by the end of this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian service members fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system, near the town of Lysychansk, Luhansk region, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-22648253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian service members fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system, near the town of Lysychansk, Luhansk region, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MARIUPOL AGAIN?<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s RIA <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> agency quoted a pro-Moscow separatist spokesperson Eduard Basurin as saying Ukrainian troops were effectively cut off in Sievierodonetsk and should surrender or die.<\/p>\n<p>The situation risked becoming like Mariupol, \u201cwith a large pocket of Ukrainian defenders cut off from the rest of the Ukrainian troops,\u201d according to Damien Magrou, spokesperson for the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine that has had\u00a0forces\u00a0in Sievierodonetsk.<\/p>\n<p>During the fall of Mariupol\u00a0last\u00a0month, hundreds of civilians and badly wounded Ukrainian soldiers were trapped for weeks in the Azovstal steelworks.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has denied targeting civilians in what it calls a \u201cspecial operation\u201d to restore\u00a0Russian\u00a0security and \u201cdenazify\u201d its neighbor.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine and its Western allies call this a baseless pretext for an invasion which has killed thousands of civilians and raised fears of wider conflict in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>More than 5 million people have fled and the world has been hit by a food and energy crisis, dividing Western nations over how to handle it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"779\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Vuhlehirsk's heat power plant burns after a shelling, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region.\" class=\"wp-image-22648254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/UKRAINE-CRISIS_DONBAS-REGION-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vuhlehirsk\u2019s heat power plant burns after a shelling, amid Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine, near the town of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After failing to take the capital Kyiv following the Feb. 24 invasion, Moscow focused on expanding control in the Donbas, where pro-Russian\u00a0separatists have held territory since 2014. Russia has also tried to capture more of Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire front is being subjected to constant shelling,\u201d Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko told Ukrainian TV on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The towns of Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Vuhledar were hit in the coal-producing belt and Avdiivka, home to a big coking plant, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in the\u00a0Russian-backed separatist-controlled Donetsk region said at least three people, including a child, were killed and 18 were wounded by Ukrainian shelling that hit a market in Donetsk\u00a0city.<\/p>\n<p>The Donetsk News Agency showed pictures of burning stalls at the central Maisky market and several bodies on the ground. The news agency said 155-mm caliber NATO-standard artillery munitions hit parts of the region on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Russian\u00a0news agencies reported a shell had fallen on a maternity hospital in Donetsk, triggering a fire and prompting staff to send patients into the basement.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There has been no immediate reaction from Kyiv to the reports.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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