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Although "some access to the city" remains, all bridges to the besieged town of Severodonetsk on Ukraine's eastern front have been destroyed, making it impossible to evacuate the civilians remaining there, the local governor said.
Sherhi Gaidai wrote on the Telegram app that Russia does not have full control of the city and that "part of it remains under Ukrainian control."
Severodonetsk is a key city in eastern Ukraine over whose control the two armies have been battling for weeks.
Earlier on Monday it was reported that Russian troops had driven the Ukrainian army from the centre of Severodonetsk.
"With the assistance of artillery, the enemy launched an attack on Severodonetsk, achieving partial success and driving our units out of the city centre. Hostilities continue," the Ukrainian army said in a Facebook post.
Gaidai, head of the Luhansk region, whose district of Severodonetsk is the administrative center for the part controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, confirmed that Ukrainian forces were driven out of the city center.
"Street fighting continues. The Russians continue to destroy the city," he wrote in a Facebook post on Monday morning, uploading photos of buildings destroyed or in flames. The Russian bombing targeted the Azot chemical plant, where civilians have taken refuge, and also hit the city's water purification stations, he added.
[BR][BR]Source: APM
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