Civilians take shelter in the chemical plant as Russia shells Severodonetsk

A number of civilians are sheltering from Russian shelling under a chemical plant in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, and authorities fear it may still have stocks of dangerous materials, the Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai told Reuters on June 1, 2022.

Russian forces entered the city, the largest still held by Ukraine in the eastern Luhansk region, late last week after weeks of shelling as they tried to take control of the industrial Donbas region.

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