Russia-Ukraine live: Russian forces destroy last bridge out of Severodonetsk

Civilians in Severondonetsk are now trapped after Russian forces destroyed the last bridge out of the city, Luhansk regional governor said on Monday night.

Russian troops are now in control of most of the eastern city, which sits in a strategic location in the battle for the Donbas region.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Ukraine's defence of Severondonetsk a fight for "literally every metre".

Meanwhile, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto claimed on Monday said that both Ukraine and Russia are using heavier weapons, including in Russia's case thermobaric bombs.

"We are supporting Ukraine with increasingly heavy weaponry. And on the other hand Russia has also begun to use very powerful weapons, thermobaric bombs that are in fact weapons of mass destruction," Mr Niinisto said during security policy talks at his summer residence in Naantali, Finland.

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