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Governor of Ukrainian Province: It's too late to evacuate civilians now | BT Udland - www.bt.dk These are extremely gloomy messages coming out of the Ukrainian province of Luhansk these days. The Russian troops are advancing in several places in Luhansk Oblast, where since 2014 they have been in intense battles with the Ukrainian defense. Among other things, they have had success at Popasna, located west of the big city that gives its name to the region, Luhansk. And then it begins to look like Russian troops will soon have completely surrounded the city of Sevierodonetsk. And so the Ukrainian governor of Luhansk, Sergiy Haidai, is now going out on his Telegram channel, warning that it is probably too late to flee the city for the civilians who are left behind. ‘As it looks now, I will not say‘ come out, evacuate ’. Instead, I would urge you to stay and seek refuge. There are such violent attacks that we can not gather people together and pick them up, "he writes according to. Precisely Sevierodonetsk, which before the war had about 100,000 inhabitants, has for some time been the focus of a Russian offensive. This has gradually resulted in the city being surrounded from the east, south and north, while the supply lines to the west are under heavy attack. The same is true of the areas around the city of Lysychansk, located west of Sevierodonetsk. This is partly due to the fact that there are several main hubs not far from the two cities. Although one has not immediately heard of cities like Sevierodonetsk and Popasna, it is significant victories for the Russian army that have had problems several other places in Ukraine. For a long time, the war effort in Ukraine has been described as a failure, as the Russian troops first withdrew from the areas around Kyiv. And since then, they have been pushed back into the areas around Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city. But in Luhansk, things are moving steadily forward for the Russian war machine. However, several minor breakthroughs at Sievjerodonetsk and Popasna, among others, begin to push the Ukrainian troops back against the city of Bakhmut, where Ukraine's defense has a crucial command center for the entire war effort. And more symbolically, a Russian victory in and around Sevierodonetsk would mean that Russia would sit on the entire Luhansk region. ABROAD Media: UKRAINE ABROAD Sport ABROAD SPORT ABROAD SPORT sport BERLINGSKE WEEKENDAVISEN sport indictment ukraine indictment Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13