Ukraine: Russian forces have entered Kreminna, which is a town in the eastern Luhansk region.

The area has been bombarded for weeks, as Russian forces push westwards in Donbas.

The head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Serhii Haidai, says, “The Russians entered Kreminna. Street fights began.”

He said that the Russians had entered the town with a huge amount of equipment.

He added, “The offensive has begun.”

The Russians are trying to advance towards the borders of both the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

They have been striving to break Ukraine’s resistance in Kreminna.

President Putin declares the goal as “special military mission.”

According to Haidai, the evacuation was now possible.

He said, “We planned the evacuation, literally along forest paths, so that the people would not come under fire. But overnight the situation changed. While fighting [has broken out] in the city, it is unrealistic to count the civilians who remain there.”

The Olympus sports facility was burning down, stirring the fire that covered an area of 2,400 square meters.

He said, “Rescuers are working hard as there is a forest near the center.”

Haidai said tha two people had been killed and four were injured in Zolote.

Seven people had been recovered from the rubble of a building destroyed in Rubizhne.

Moreover, Russian forces fired at a police building in Lysychansk, Haidai said, injuring six policemen.

“The shelling continues”, he said.