Day 94 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russian Forces continue their Offensive in Donbas

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Russian forces continue the offensive against Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Luhansk region

The Ukrainian army has lost control of the strategically important city of Lyman in the Donetsk region. According to the regional governor, Russian forces already control 95 percent of the Luhansk region.

The offensive of the Russian forces towards Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Luhansk region continues.

District Governor Serhiy Haidai acknowledged that Ukrainian troops may need to withdraw from the last resistance sites to avoid capture.

A car with humanitarian aid for the city was damaged as a result of the fighting. According to the head of the military administration in Sievierodonetsk, Alexander Stryuk, two-thirds of the city is already under siege, but its defenders continue to resist.

A Russian strike group has entered an outer neighborhood. About 90 percent of buildings in Sievierodonetsk have been damaged and 60 percent destroyed. Pro-Russian separatists say the city is completely surrounded.

Ukrainian police have evacuated 31 people from Lysychansk, including 13 children. A car with humanitarian aid for the city was damaged as a result of the fighting. During the last 24 hours, more than 40 homes in the Luhansk region were damaged in the shelling.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that the Russian units had suffered losses and had retreated in the battles on the border between Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Russian forces are mobilizing brigades with specialized equipment to restore the railways from Russia to the Kharkiv region and south of Izyum, which are...