The governor of the Luhansk region, Sergei Gaidai, said that “fierce fighting is taking place because Russia is focused on controlling the entire region, as it controls approximately 70% of the region and the situation is very difficult”, noting that “we have a lot of weapons, we receive assistance, and the Russians have not been able to control the region for four months now, and we are defending our land and our homeland from Russian aggression.”

In a press statement, he explained: “We are being fired upon with rockets and Russian artillery, the infrastructure in the area is destroyed, and we cannot evacuate civilians now due to heavy artillery fire from the Russian side,” noting that “the help we receive is heavy for us from the Ukrainian government and some of our friends in the West, and the warehouses where we store the aid we receive are constantly bombed by the Russians.”

Gaidai pointed out that “the Russians do not accept the opening of aid corridors, and they always lie and continue to bomb them, even if they accept them, and we need more weapons so that we can stop the continuous attempts of Russian invasion of our lands.” “, adding: “We are receiving some Western weapons, but they are limited and not enough to withstand the Russian attack.”