Fighters of the People's Militia of the LPR near Severodonetsk. Archive photoSEVERODONETSK (LPR), May 31.The allied forces of the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic continue to perform a number of tasks in Severodonetsk, including helping the city's population to establish a peaceful life, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Earlier, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported that on May 29, Ukrainian security forces fired tanks came under the control of the LPR. As a result, one person was injured, many buildings were destroyed. «Now our main task is to expand the bridgehead normally, continue the offensive, and, well, assist the civilian population, because under constant shelling they were without water, food and communications, to help them,» — told RIA Novosti the official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR Ivan Filiponenko, who arrived to assess the operational situation in the city. He specified that shelling by the retreating Ukrainian security forces of residential areas of the city continues. According to a local resident Svetlana, the shelling has intensified over the past few days, the residents of the city are fleeing from them in the basements. This was confirmed by her father Victor, together with whom and another part of the inhabitants of the house they moved to the basement, which they use as a shelter. «There is no water, gas, no electricity. Our place of residence now is the basement, mostly so we live in the basement, spend the night, eat — basement people are still,» Viktor Filiponenko told RIA Novosti. Earlier, Filiponenko reported that the forces of the People's Militia of the LPR, with the support of the Russian Armed Forces, wedged into the line of defense of Ukrainian troops in Severodonetsk in the Donbass and occupied a foothold in the city. According to Apta Alaudinov, an assistant to the head of Chechnya for the power bloc, another 15-17% of the residential sector remains to be cleared in Severodonetsk. batteries to bring back the light
