After months of bloody fighting, officials in Severodonetsk say it has fallen. The eastern Ukrainian region is now almost fully under Russian control.
The eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk is"completely under Russian occupation," the city's head of military administration said Saturday, following months of grueling and bloody fighting.
"The [Russians] appointed a commandant. But the city is so destroyed that it will be difficult for people to cope with this situation," said military administration chief Oleksandr Striuk. Regional military officials said Friday that the last troops in Severodonetsk had been ordered to leave, as it was impossible to keep defending their positions. This effectively ceded the city to Russia and put the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk almost fully under Russian control.
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