can severodonetsk take? russian artillery is turning the old industrial city into a wasteland. there have been fears of it being cut off. the destruction of not one, not two but all three bridges linking it to the rest of ukrainian territory make that fear almost a reality. could severodonetsk be heading the same direction as the southern port city of mariupol once a thriving industrial centre, which has now been utterly destroyed? translation: the price of this battle is very high. it s just scary. we tell our partners on a daily basis that only a sufficient number of modern artillery will ensure our advantage and finally end the russian torture of the ukrainian donbas. and that suffering is notjust being felt on the front lines. this is the town of bakhmut, 30 miles away from severodonetsk but still feeling the full force of russia s artillery.
incredibly offensive for weeks. there has been incredibly heavy fighting characterised by battles on the streets characterised by battles on the streets and artillery bombardment. that artillery has now taken out of the last that artillery has now taken out of the last of that artillery has now taken out of the last of the bridges that connected to the mainland, or to the rest of connected to the mainland, or to the rest of the connected to the mainland, or to the rest of the donbas. what is important here is they have been fears important here is they have been fears for important here is they have been fears for a important here is they have been fears for a long time that what we could fears for a long time that what we could he fears for a long time that what we could be seeing in severodonetsk is a new could be seeing in severodonetsk is a new mariupol, a repeat of the siege a new mariupol, a repeat of the siege of a new mariupol, a repeat of the siege of the
are still trying to flee. from the ukrainian capital kyiv here sjoe inwood. now, this old industrial city of severodonetsk has been the focus of the russian invasion for weeks now. they have been pushing the ukrainians further and further back into an ever decreasing pocket of the city, into the industrial zone, a chemical plant where not only ukrainian fighters, but many civilians are as well. the ukrainians say they are resisting, they are fighting street by street for every square metre, but it is a fight that is are not necessarily going their way. the big development now is the destruction of a final bridge which connects severodonetsk to lysychansk and the donbas and the rest of the ukrainian forces. the destruction of the bridge means it is going to be almost impossible for people to get out and supplies to get in. now, that matters because the russian seem to be trying to replicate what they did in the southern port city of mariupol, to create a siege, to starve out the defende