The Russian army occupied the city of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk oblast, and the Ukrainian military withdrew to more fortified positions.
This was reported on the evening of June 25 by the head of the Sievierodonetsk military administration Oleksandr Stryuk.
Now the city is completely under the occupation of the Russian Federation, which is already trying to install its order there — a "commandant" has been appointed to collect some activists... The city is so destroyed that it will be difficult for locals to cope with this situation," Stryuk said.
Civilians hiding on the territory of the Azot plant are partially leaving it, and propaganda videos are being shot with them. Stryuk said they needed medical and psychological help. Now it is not possible to leave the city for the territory controlled by Ukraine, only for the occupied ones.
- On June 24, Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, reported that the Ukrainian military had been ordered to withdraw from Sievierodonetsk.
- On the morning of June 25, the head of the Sievierodonetsk Civil-Military Administration, Oleksandr Stryuk, stated that the Armed Forces had almost left the city for more fortified positions. The occupiers did not blockade the city, so all the units that had to withdraw did this.