Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights


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  • Saturday, 25 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian service members walk in the industrial area of the city of Sievierodonetsk, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak/File Photo

KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russian forces fully occupied the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Saturday, both sides said, confirming Kyiv's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month following weeks of some of the war's bloodiest fighting.

Ukraine called its retreat from the city a "tactical withdrawal" to fight from higher ground in Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. Pro-Russian separatists said Moscow's forces were now attacking Lysychansk.

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