Siversk
Siversk is a city in Bakhmut district of Donetsk region.
On November 7, 2025, Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Russians had tried to capture the city but failed.
As of November 19, 2025, Siversk and its outskirts were under Ukrainian control.
On December 23, 2025, the military confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had withdrawn from Siversk. Thus our troops lost the ability to cover the approaches to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk from the east.
Read the latest news about Siversk, the last city in Bakhmut district of Donetsk region that until the very end was not under Russian occupation and where there was no fighting.
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