We enter day 110 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Severodonetsk, in the Lugansk region, remains the main theater of the conflict, with the last of the city’s three bridges being bombed. If the bridge collapses, the connection to neighboring Lysychansk will be severed and the site will be fenced off.

According to Facebook posts overnight, Russia has moved Ukrainian military forces away from the center of Severodonetsk. The intensification of military operations in this area of ​​eastern Ukraine is in line with the goal of the Russian army: to capture the city in the coming days and to conquer the region in a short time. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, described the scenario as “severe”.

Amnesty International published a report accusing Russia of war crimes, highlighting the devastating effects of attacks with imprecise explosive weapons, responsible for the deaths of civilians. “People were killed in their homes and on the streets, in parks and cemeteries, as they queued for humanitarian aid or to buy food and medicine,” said Donatella Rovera, Amnesty’s senior crisis response adviser.

What happened during sunrise and morning.

• Volodymyr Zelenskiy, President of Ukraine, described the situation in Severodonetsk as “serious”on the morning of Monday, June 13, adding that every metro in the city is being “literally” a scene of conflict.
• Ukrainian forces were pushed back from the center of Severodonetsk, during the early hours of Sunday to Monday, June 13, the city of Lugansk where Russian forces have been intensifying attacks, with the aim of dominating the region. The city, reports Serhiy Haidai, is in destruction, with three civilians killed, including a six-year-old boy.
• The bridge connecting the city of Severodonetsk with Lysychansk was shelled overnight. If the bridge collapses, the city will be cut off, leaving no possible route for civilian evacuation.
• In a new report, Amnesty International accuses Russia of war crimes for the attacks in Kharkiv, which killed dozens of civilians, victims of the use of cluster bombs, which are prohibited by international law, precisely because of their indiscriminate impact on civilians.
• River crossing operations may determine the course of the warsays the latest report from the British Ministry of Defence. “Over the weekend, the battle around Sieverodonetsk continues. Over the next few months, river crossing operations could be one of the most determining factors in the course of the war.”
• The war could last up to two years, Mikhail Kasyanov told the AFP news agency. The former Russian prime minister, in office from 2000 to 2004 – fired by Vladimir Putin – believes, however, that the country can “return to a democratic path.”