Ukraine is evacuating its troops from Sievierodonetsk, the besieged eastern city that is now 70 per cent controlled by Russian forces, after suffering heavy losses.
Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, said on Wednesday Ukrainian forces had partly retreated from the provincial capital amid heavy shelling and fierce street battles.
“This is not a betrayal,” he wrote in a post on Telegram, but part of a retreat “to more advantageous, pre-prepared positions” while awaiting “western weapons and preparing for de-occupation”.
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