he leading news of the day; Ukrainian Army Defeated Russians in Severodonetsk!”There is still a chance for the injured to be evacuated, as well as contact with Ukrainian soldiers and local inhabitants,” Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai told The Associated Press via phone.He admitted that Ukrainian soldiers had been forced out to the city’s industrial outskirts by the Russians’ “scorched earth tactics and heavy artillery.””Sievierodonetsk, a city with a pre-war population of 100,000, is home to around 12,000 people. According to Haidai, at many 500 people are taking refuge in the Azot chemical complex, which is also being continuously blasted by the Russians.According to the governor, 70 individuals have been evacuated from the Luhansk area in the last 24 hours.According to Ukrainian officials, two persons were murdered and another was injured in the Luhansk area.