This morning the governor posted the following on Telegram:
“In Severodonetsk, 80 percent of the apartments were destroyed or damaged. Some people try to return for their things, but often … they find an empty apartment, if it was left at all. After the Russians entered the city, they first deported part of the local population And they took the keys, then they started stealing everything. They go in trucks to multi-storey buildings. If the furniture is good, they will take it. It is no longer just about household appliances.
The city is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe
There is no central supply of water, gas and electricity. The occupiers have been bombing critical infrastructure facilities since the end of February, almost completely destroying them. They will not be able to fix anything. Because even in peacetime, this volume can only be restored in six months and one year. As long as the materials and professionals are available. The Russians have neither one nor the other. There is a big problem with sanitation. Water purifiers do not work and neither are pumping stations. Sewage accumulates. Then there is the air temperature. And the smell of the dead – those who were buried in the courtyards and those who remained in the apartments and their entrances. Severodonetsk is a witness to a humanitarian catastrophe.”
According to unconfirmed Ukrainian allegations, there may still be about 15 thousand civilians in the city, which was one of the most important strategic points of the Russian occupation of the Luhansk region.
A shot of Borodyanka, Ukraine on July 7, 2022. Cover photo, Credit: Sergei Chuzavkov / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images
