Russia is causing ‘catastrophic destruction’ with heavy shelling in eastern Ukrainian city

Russia is causing ‘catastrophic destruction’ in the Donbas after bombarding an eastern city with heavy shelling.

Lysychansk has suffered from constant Russian strikes which have demolished ten residential blocks and a police station.

The Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said: ‘Fighting in the Severodonetsk industrial zone and catastrophic destruction in Lysychansk.’

Gaiday said that one person had been confirmed killed in the ‘heavy shelling’ that had persisted all day Monday.

‘We are determining the final number of victims, because yesterday it was almost impossible to move inside the city safely,’ he said.

Lysychansk, which had a pre-war population of around 100,000 people is just adjacent to Severodonetsk where Russian and Ukrainian troops have been fighting intensely for control…