The president of Ukraine has called them the dead cities, but thousands remain, despite attempts to evacuate them. sparkomat meets the commander of a battalion fighting to save the cities of Severodontesk and its twin, Lysychansk. Read more:
The commander of Ukraine's Svoboda or Freedom Battalion says"Russian tanks are hitting us from a distance of two kilometres and hiding behind buildings".Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerThere is not much room to move around with wooden crates full of weapons and cigarettes stacked in every available space.
He says he is grateful for the supplies now rolling into the country - and his bunker - but says the country's allies are going to have to think on a different scale."We need serious equipment and need more tanks," he adds."At the moment, we're getting equipment for infantry soldiers. As a result, we have to fight a guerrilla war.""The NLAW destroys a tank from a distance of 400 metres," he says.
"The buildings we held yesterday will be destroyed by their artillery today. We have to retreat from there because there is no sense remaining.""Yes. They have the tactic that if they see Ukrainians holding a position they do not attack or capture the buildings. They just level them."It is a major shift for the Russians after they tried to capture major cities like Kiev and Kharkiv with long columns of troops and equipment.
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