in the Donbass, the Ukrainians are trying to save the city of Severodonetsk

This is the road that Ukrainians must not lose, the last one leading to Severodonetsk, towards the east of Donbass, in Ukraine. The France Télévisions team only came across ambulances, tanks and cars on the roadside, blown up by the Russian attacks. “This road is very dangerous because, on the right, maybe five or six kilometers at most, there is Russian artillery. They bomb her everyday“, estimates a Ukrainian soldier. The region lives under an extreme pressure.

The governor now only moves in armor. He is a prime target for the Russians. “It is now impossible to advance a possible humanitarian convoy, impossible to announce an evacuation of civilians on this road, because systematically, our cars are targeted“, says Serhiy Haydan, governor of the Luhansk region. Some residents met by the France Télévisions teams show their support for the Russian troops.