{"id":9008,"date":"2022-05-31T12:45:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/fighting-intensifies-as-russian-forces-close-in-severodonetsk-in-eastern-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:45:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:45:02","slug":"fighting-intensifies-as-russian-forces-close-in-severodonetsk-in-eastern-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=9008","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Intensifies As Russian Forces Close In Severodonetsk In Eastern Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tk7T8_4GDx4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Russian forces are closing in on the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, one of the last Ukrainian-held towns in the Luhansk region, as fighting on the ground intensifies. NBC News\u2019 Molly Hunter breaks down why Russian forces want to capture the Donbas region and whether Ukrainian forces could hold them off like they did in Mariupol.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Subscribe to NBC News: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/SubscribeToNBC<\/a><br \/>\n\u00bb Watch more NBC video: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/MoreNBCNews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties.  We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with NBC News Online!<br \/>\nNBC News App: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/smart.link\/5d0cd9df61b80\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/smart.link\/5d0cd9df61b80<\/a><br \/>\nBreaking News Alerts: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/link.nbcnews.com\/join\/5cj\/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621<\/a><br \/>\nVisit NBCNews.Com: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/ReadNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/ReadNBC<\/a><br \/>\nFind NBC News on Facebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/LikeNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/LikeNBC<\/a><br \/>\nFollow NBC News on Twitter: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/FollowNBC\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/nbcnews.to\/FollowNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#Russia #Severodonetsk #Ukraine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian forces are closing in on the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, one of the last Ukrainian-held towns in the Luhansk region, as fighting on the ground intensifies. NBC News\u2019 Molly Hunter breaks down why Russian forces want to capture the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[65,5857],"class_list":["post-9008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-live","tag-morning-news-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}