A Ukrainian official has said that Russian forces now control 80 percent of Luhansk, one of the two regions of eastern Donbas, and that hospitals and morgues in the occupied areas were “overcrowded”.

Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk and head of the region’s military administration, made the announcement on Telegram late on Wednesday.

“Since our troops withdrew from Kreminna, the share of occupied territories is at 80 percent,” Haidai said, referring to Russia’s capture of a small town in Luhansk on Tuesday.