Russian forces swarmed into the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk and pounded a zone where hundreds of civilians were sheltering, a Ukrainian official said on Monday - a scene that mirrored Moscow's brutal capture of Mariupol last month.
Russian forces are trying again to surround devastated city of Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, blowing up two of three bridges and shelling the third.
The war for control of Ukraine's eastern Donbas area has turned into an epicentre in Sievierodonetsk. Majority of the Sievierodonetsk has been captured by Russian forces, who have destroyed areas of the city in one of the bloodiest assaults since the Kremlin launched its invasion on February 24.
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