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Evacuation of civilians in Severodonetsk disrupted

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On 16th of June the Ukrainian forces shelled the city of Donetsk. The districts of Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky, and Proletarsky got hit the most. Several people were injured. The residential buildings and cars caught fire. A local school was damaged. Other settlements of the DPR were under fire as well. A woman died in the village of Yasinovataya. A local gas pipeline was broken. The town of Gorlovka was hit with MLRS ’Grad’. During that day, 8 civilians died and 16 people were injured in the LPR by the Ukrainian shelling. The town of Stakhanov was under a heavy fire of MLRS ’’Uragan’’. During this week, the Ukrainian troops disrupted the evacuation of civilians from the territory of the ’’Azot’’ chemical factory in Severodonetsk - Ivan Filiponenko reported. According to him, the Ukrainian forces forced the civilians to go inside the chemical factory, and they are using them as human shields. A corridor for a safe exit of citizens was organized, but Ukraine used artillery shelling. Earlier, some civilians were able to get out of the ’’Azot’’ factory. They told about a large number of foreign mercenaries. They disrupted the evacuation together with the Ukrainian forces. Andrey Marochko, a lieutenant-colonel of the People’s Militia of the LPR, stated that some Ukrainian servicemen, located at the chemical factory ’’Azot’’, in Severodonetsk, are ready to lay down their weapons. "Some Ukrainian servicemen, located at the chemical factory ’’Azot’’, in the city of Severodonetsk, made the right decision and began to surrender" - he reported. Andrei Marochko explained that for the security reasons, the DPR authorities do not disclose the number of the Ukrainian servicemen who have surrendered, or the name of their units. Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the LPR, stated that up to 1,000 Ukrainian nationalists are estimated to be at the ’’Azot’’ chemical plant. According to the ministry of internal affairs of the LPR - some foreign mercenaries are also hiding in the factory. On 15th of June, the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region announced the resumption of the work of port of Kherson. Currently the port is preparing for the cargo trans-shipment. The infrastructure is being restored at the moment. The Kherson administration added that Andrey Haritonov became the head of the port. The river navigation is one of the priorities for the future infrastructure development of the Kherson region. It was also reported that Zaporozhye and Kherson region are going to supply fruits and berries to Russia. Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, warned the Western countries against sending long-range heavy weapons to Ukraine. He hopes that the Western military will understand the consequences of supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine. The MANPADS ’’Stinger’’ and ATGMs ’’Javelin’’, given to Ukraine some while ago, are already available on the black market in Ukraine and on the Balkans. "Those weapons ended up in Albania and Kosovo. This is well known, and those weapons are sold at a discount. The process of entering of the black market is underway" - he explained. Sergey Lavrov’s statements were made in parallel with the visit of the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania, to Kiev. Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz promised to the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev to send even more weapons. A number of mass media outlets reported on the Chinese plans to conduct a special operation in Taiwan. The Chinese state-run newspaper ’’Global Times’’ reported recently that the Chinese forces have been given the right to conduct special operations in order to prevent threats, maintain peace, and protect the sovereignty. The newspaper noted that it doesn’t cover a full scale war. The experts believe that the legal basis for taking over Taiwan comes from the directive, signed by Xi Jinping, on 13th of June. The directive is aimed at protecting the lives and property of the people, the sovereignty, security, and interests of China. As well as the world peace and stability in the region. The set of provisions, consisting of 6 chapters and 59 articles, will serve as the legal basis for non-military actions. It has entered into force on 15th of June. China has reacted to the recent US decision to increase the military aid to Taiwan. The spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Defense, Wu Qian, stated that Beijing is ready for a military action in case if any country tries to separate Taiwan from China. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.

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