Kremlin warns it is using only ‘small portion’ of potential; fears of Sievierodonetsk humanitarian disaster – as it happened

Vladimir Putin dares west to beat Russia on battlefield; Serhai Haidai says Sievierodonetsk is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster'

The situation in occupied Sievierodonetsk is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster" and the city is being widely looted by Russian troops, according to Ukraine's governor of Luhansk, Serhai Haidai.

He posted to Telegram this morning, claiming:

In Sievierodonetsk, 80% of housing was destroyed or damaged. Some people try to return for things, but more and more often ... they find an empty apartment, even if it survived. Having entered the city, the Russians first deported part of the local population, took away the keys, and then began to rob everything. They drive up to high-rise buildings in trucks. If the furniture is good, they take it away. It is no longer just about household appliances.

The city is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster - there is no centralised water supply, gas supply, or electricity supply.

Last night, for the first time in several weeks, there was no night shelling of Kharkiv. But we have no right to lose our vigilance. After all, just yesterday evening, the enemy massively shelled the Nemyshlyan district of the city. Damaged houses, garages, containers, outbuildings. In total, four people died and nine were injured in Kharkiv oblast during the day.

Active hostilities continue on the contact line. In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is shelling the positions of our defenders and the civilian population with artillery and rocket systems.