The commander of Ukrainian forces in the Luhansk region, Serhii Haidai, also admitted via Telegram that Russian troops now have a “foothold in the Lisitsansk region.”
The forces of Russia they made territorial gains in the city Lisitsansk (east), Ukrainian sources officially acknowledged today.
“In the Donetsk region, the occupation forces are concentrating or consolidating their positions in the cities of Lisitsansk and Verkhnokamyanka”the Ukrainian General Staff reported.
The commander of Ukrainian forces in the Lugansk region, Serhii Haidai, also admitted via Telegram that Russian troops now have “rest in the Lisitsansk region”.
It is unclear whether Ukrainian army units remain in the city.
Already yesterday Saturday, the pro-Russian separatists they announced that they had captured Lisitsansk. Kyiv denied this, saying the city remained under the control of its own forces.
Lisitsansk is the last city in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces in the region Luganskin the Donbass Basin, as eastern Ukraine is known, which Moscow is trying to bring under its complete control.
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