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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley

Children among 800 people hiding below Sievierodonetsk factory

A man on a bunk holds a baby as an older woman looks on
Families sheltering beneath the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk earlier in the war. Photograph: Marko Đurica/Reuters

About 800 people, including children, are hiding beneath a chemical factory in the key eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, now 80% held by Russian troops, as more western allies promise additional missile systems and arms to Kyiv.

Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of Luhansk, said on Thursday that bitter street fighting continued in the city, where Ukrainian forces have pledged to fight “to the end”.

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