Ukrainian artillery gun destroyed in Severodonetsk. File photoMOSCOW, June 15 Kyiv has decided to repeat the Mariupol scenario at the Azot plant in Severodonetsk, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of Russia's National Defense Control Center, said on Wednesday.
"Kyiv the regime once again showed its true face and complete indifference to the lives of innocent women, children and the elderly, who are held captive by crazed terrorists at the Azot plant. Hypocritically not giving them an order to stop resistance, Kyiv actually "appointed" their next "martyrs", as it was in Mariupol", he said.
The head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Serhiy Gaidai, appointed by Kyiv, said the day before that about 500 residents remained at Azot, 40 of them are children. At the same time, according to the LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik, there are about 300-400 Ukrainian soldiers at the enterprise blocked by the allied forces. The battles for Severodonetsk have been going on since the beginning of May. Last week, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the complete liberation of residential areas of the city. February conducts a military operation in Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stated, its goal is “to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.” According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ministry called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.