Ukraine’s military acknowledged for the first time on June 13 that Russia’s military had taken over the key Donbas city of Severodonetsk, located in Ukraine’s Luhansk Province.
“In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy, with the support of artillery, carried out assault operations in the city of Severodonetsk, had partial success, pushed our units away from the city center, the fighting continues,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.
