Severodonetsk. Archive photoSEVERODONETSK (LPR), June 21 Larisa, a resident of the liberated city of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk People's Republic, told RIA Novosti that the Ukrainian military placed heavy equipment right under the windows of residential buildings. I personally had shots fired under my windows,» she said. 
The AFU shelled Gorlovka, Yasinovataya and Golmovsky in the DPR in ten minutes, according to the woman, retreating , the Ukrainian military blew up an infantry fighting vehicle — «it flew over the roof of the house and fell.» The Ukrainian military in the middle of an ordinary residential yard dug trenches that overlook residential buildings, they, apparently, were preparing the city for defense without evacuating people, people were used as human shields , RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. In Severodonetsk, Ukrainian troops suffered critical losses and are retreating towards Lysichansk, and in Svyatogorsk, which is located west of Severodonetsk, the Ukrainian group has lost control over most of the city.
Ukrainian troops suffer significant losses, reservists do not want to fight
