Fighting in Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, continues, as well as in the settlements of Gorny and Popasnyansk communities. Severodonetsk is holding out, but the occupiers are destroying everything in their path, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai.

“They haven’t rebuilt anything in Luhansk for eight years, they don’t even try to restore water or electricity in Popasna and Rubizhne, they only destroy. " This goal is what the enemy is trying to achieve,” Gaidai wrote..

The head of the OVA added that the hostilities in Severodonetsk, as well as in the settlements of the Gorny and Popasnyansk communities, continue.

In particular, the invaders tried to conduct assault operations in the direction of Nirkovo and Nikolaevka. However, the Ukrainian defenders inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy - the invaders withdrew with losses. True, Russian troops destroyed nine more houses.

Also repelled the enemy assault on the northwestern outskirts of Toshkovka.

“The destruction of 15 houses in Orekhovo, six in Vrubovka, four in Lisichansk, and four more in Gorny was recorded.. The village of Sinetsky on the outskirts of Severodonetsk received serious damage,” Gaidai added..

According to the head of the UVA, seven enemy attacks were repulsed over the past day, ten tanks, seven artillery systems, four armored combat vehicles, three special armored vehicles, four vehicles, as well as an occupiers' ammunition depot were destroyed..

In addition, air defense units shot down five unmanned aerial vehicles of the Orlan-10 type..

Gaidai also added that over the past day, 16 residents of Lisichansk were evacuated, including three children.. During the day, the police brought those who wished to a certain place of evacuation, from where they were taken by special transport to the Donetsk region.