Ukraine Accused Russia Using 'Scorched Earth' Tactics in Donbass, Wiping Severodonetsk from Earth

TRIBUN-VIDEO.COM - Heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops continues in Donbass region, eastern Ukraine.

Local officials accused Russia of using 'scorched earth' tactics as Putin's troops advanced into Severodonetsk.

Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk on Sunday (22/5/2022) accused Russia of wanting to wipe Severodonetsk from the earth.

They destroyed Donbass territory with all kinds of attacks.

That's why he called the Russian troops using "scorched earth" tactic.

"They wiped Severodonetsk off the face of the earth," he accused.

Last week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "senseless bombardments" during its renewed offensive in Donbas.

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The attack, Zelensky said, had turned Donbass into hell.

According to Haidai, Russian troops have occupied several towns and cities in Luhansk after 24 hours of indiscriminate shelling.

Russia, he said, concentrating forces and weaponry there.

They bringing in troops from Kharkiv to the northwest, Mariupol to the south, and from inside Russia.

The only functioning hospital in Severodonetsk has only three doctors and a supply of 10 days.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army said on its Facebook page at least seven civilians were killed and eight others injured on Sunday in the bombing of Donetsk, another province of Donbas.

Separately, Russia's defense ministry said on Sunday that its troops attacked the Ukrainian command center, troops and ammunition depots in Donbas, as well as in the Mykolaiv region in the south with air and artillery strikes.(tribun-video.com)

This article was published on Al Jazeera under the title Russia using 'scorched earth' tactics in Donbas, Ukraine says

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