The ruins of the houses and the Armed Forces tank: Roszmi journalists visited the occupied Severodonetsk (photo report)

The Moscow Times told about the details of life in the occupied city. The journalists of the publication walked through the streets of Severodonetsk and saw thousands of houses punched by shells and burned fires. On the walls of the houses, the inscriptions about the absence of mines and the presence of living people were traces of hostilities that took place here in 2022. "There are no mines" and "people live here," the locals warned during the fighting of 2022.

A Ukrainian tank, which is still under a high -rise building, also got into the frame. The publication notes that in the city, according to representatives of the occupying power, there are still about 30,000 people-that is, one third of those who lived before the war in 100,000 Severodonetsk. It is claimed that 1,000 people were killed during the fighting and 80% of homes were destroyed. Journalists spoke with the local.

Among the interlocutors is 59-year-old Oleg, who lives in the ruins of a high-rise building, 64-year-old Andrew, who sells cigarettes and has relatives living in Germany. Meanwhile, there are bright bigboards from the United Russia Party on the streets, which are accused of Ukrainians in destruction. The head of the occupation administration of Severodonetsk - Mykola Morgunov also got into the frame.

According to journalists, a 52-year-old man in 2014 was in the same position during the first occupation of the settlement. For 9 years he returned to the city and now manages his ruins. In Severodonetsk electricity supply, water supply, heating only partially recovered, reports in the Roszma report. In addition, mobile communications are completely off: the invaders are afraid that Ukrainian missiles will bring resistance forces on Russian bases.

Severodonetsk was occupied on June 25, 2023, and the defense of the city lasted about a month. For more than a year, the front line has advanced from it 12 km to the west, testifies to an online card of hostilities. You can also find another card on the network, which indicates all the destroyed objects in the city. In November 2023, Ukrainian intelligence officers told some of the fights near Severodonetsk, which took place in the summer of 2022.

In particular, the city was personally visited by the head of the Ministry of Defense Cyril Budanov - a plan for the actions of the special unit of GUR. According to the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces as of November 10, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation try to attack the positions of defense forces at a distance of 12-15 km from the Severodonetsk district of Bigorivka and Verkhnamansky.

Meanwhile, ISW's military analysts predict that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will try to occupy a city 100 km southwest of Severodonetsk for the third time - the city of Avdiivka. They indicate that the Russians will once again use the tactics of "meat storms". We remind you that the expert explained that it is necessary to have Ukraine to completely neutralize the Black Sea in the Black Sea.