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More than a 100 days after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it is the strategic eastern city of Sievierodonetsk that remains the focus of intense fighting in the battle’s current phase.
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About Sievierodonetsk
- Located nearly 140 km south of the Russian border, it is one of the largest cities of the Donbas region.
- It is located near the left bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, and has a population of over a lakh. Administratively, Sievierodonetsk falls under Ukraine’s Luhansk oblast (province).
- It is a big industrial hub known for chemical works and machine-building factories.
- When Russia talks about ‘liberating’ Donbas, it broadly refers to controlling Ukraine’s eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
- If the city falls, then it will allow Russia to control the entire Luhansk region.
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