According to him, Severodonetsk was "closed tightly from three sides."
He added that the movement from Severodonetsk is carried out only on a single bridge, which is under the fire control of the LPR and DPR forces.
“Therefore, at the moment we can say that the city of Severodonetsk is in an operational environment,” TASS quoted him as saying.
On May 18, Marochko stated that fighting in Severodonetsk was "in the active phase."