Evacuation from Sievierodonetsk Azot plant is impossible - Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration

ALONA MAZURENKO  — FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022, 11:38

Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, said that evacuation from the bomb shelters of the Sievierodonetsk Azot Assosiation [the largest chemical plant in the city] is currently impossible.

Source: Haidai on Telegram

Quote from Haidai: "It is now impossible and physically dangerous to escape the territory of the plant due to constant shelling and fighting.

There are 568 people in the bomb shelter, including 38 children." 

Details: Haidai added that it would only be possible to leave the plant with a complete ceasefire.

At the same time, according to the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, Sievierodonetsk is not blocked; there is communication with the city.

Why this is important: The Russians are destroying the Azot Plant; both military and civilian people are hiding in the plant's shelters. On the morning of 14 June, the Russians hit the facilities of Sievierodonetsk Azot and Skloplastyk [fiberglass and plastic plant].

The head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, Serhii Haidai, said that Azot's shelters were not as strong as those of the Azovstal plant, which was a shelter for defenders and residents of Mariupol until the eventual occupation.

540-560 civilians remain in the bomb shelters of the Sievierodonetsk Azot Association, and the Russians are constantly firing at this facility.