The large Azot chemical plant in Sieverodonetsk, where around 500 civilians have taken refuge in recent days, is impossible to evacuate without a "
complete ceasefire
", the governor of the Lugansk region, Sergei Gaïdaï, declared on Friday June 17 on Telegram.
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As Russian forces have been trying to take control of this key city in Donbass for weeks, he deemed it "
impossible and dangerous
" to try to leave the site "
due to constant shelling and fighting
".
