Battle for Severodonetsk: 40 children among 500 civilians trapped in chemical plant

Forty children are among hundreds of civilians trapped in a chemical plant in Severodonetsk, with the last bridge to the eastern Ukrainian city destroyed by Russian forces.

The city has in recent weeks been the site of intense violence and has become a focal point for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ambitions to seize enough territory so that he can increase pressure on Kyiv.

Sergiy Gaiday, the Governor of the Luhansk region, said the Azot plant was under heavy bombardment by Russian forces, putting the lives of those trapped inside at risk.

"About 500 civilians remain on the grounds of the Azot plant. Forty of them are children," he said.

The situation is similar to Russia's siege of the Azovstal steel plant in the south-eastern city of Mariupol, where hundreds of fighters and civilians were holed up for weeks with limited food, water and medical supplies.

Ukrainian fighters there surrendered in May, bringing an end to the most brutal siege of the war to date.

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