Live: Ukrainian president promises ‘heroic defence’ in Severodonetsk

Published on: 08/06/2022 – 06:39 Intense fighting continues Wednesday for control of Severodonetsk, whose residential areas Moscow claims to have “liberated”, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky praises the “heroic” defense of this key city of Donbass. Follow our live. 1:18 a.m .: President Zelensky evokes an “absolutely heroic defense” in the Donbass Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured in his daily video address on Tuesday evening that “the situation on the front has not changed significantly in the last 24 hours”. Russian forces made no significant advances in the eastern region of Donbass during the day and according to him, “the absolutely heroic defense of Donbass continues”. 1:01 a.m.: More than 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners have been sent to Russia and are being investigated, according to TASS More than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, detained after their surrender, when Russian forces took control of the city from Mariupol, were transferred to Russia and are under investigation, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing a source within Russian law enforcement. If this information is confirmed, it could compromise the already difficult peace talks between the two parties. kyiv hopes to secure the release of some 2,000 fighters from the Azovstal factory in a prisoner swap, but Russian parliamentarians have demanded that some of them be brought to justice. With AFP and Reuters