I heard fairly recently (last 12 hours or so) they were on the northern outskirts, and pounding the town. Zalenskyy finally told his guys to get out of Sievierodonetsk. But when they do, a large part of the Luhansk will be taken by the Russians.
Kharkiv, by the way, is about 60 miles northwest from the Donbas.
Word coming out of Lyman
Some say 500 AFU surrendered.
Waiting for confirmation
Of course, the media will say the AFU agreed to be evacuated.