Ukrainian troops have retreated from key city Severodonetsk so they could continue battling Russian forces in a strategic move.
After weeks of the bloodiest house-to-house fighting so far in the war Kyiv’s military pulled back as a major assault by their comrades was underway on Russian-held Kherson.
Apart from the city of Lysychansk the Ukraine withdrawal means Russia now controls the whole of Luhansk region - leaving just Donetsk to conquer in Donbas.
