Houses in Severodonetsk during the fighting in Donbass. Archival photoSEVERODONETSK (LPR), June 10 A resident of the liberated Severodonetsk showed RIA Novosti the burial places of local residents in the courtyards of residential buildings. «Graves of local guys from this house. One died from shrapnel, wounded. Young boys», — said a local resident. According to him, they are asked to pay a decent amount for burial in the cemetery, in addition, they need to be transported to the cemetery 20 kilometers away. «Ukrainians weren't allowed in,» a resident of Severodonetsk said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
