Russian occupation troops are desperately trying to capture the entire Luhansk region. In particular, they are trying to make a breakthrough near Popasnaya in the direction of Severodonetsk.. This was announced on May 18 by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Gaidai..

“Everything is being shelled. Attempts to break through from Donetsk. And the Russian army simply burns out settlements in the area of \u200b\u200bGorskaya Gromada. We've posted videos. They just burned entire streets that night,” Gaidai said about the fighting style of the Russian military, “They changed tactics. Now they are inflicting such massive artillery and air strikes, and then they are trying to break through in this interval, while our troops are again moving into position.”.

According to him, the “risky evacuation” continues, as the Russians from time to time shell the Lysichansk-Bakhmut highway. In particular, 32 people were evacuated from the Gorskaya community today, and 30 from Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.

In addition, the occupiers continue to pull equipment. Anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "

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Recall also that in the Donetsk direction, a group of Russian troops is trying to carry out offensive operations along the entire line of collision.