Russian troops completely occupied the mountain mass in the Luhansk region. Local fighting continues in the vicinity. This was announced by the head of the Mountain community Alexei Babchenko on the air of "

According to him, the invaders entered from two sides: one part of the Russian troops went to the rear, namely the settlements of Mirnaya Dolina, Podlesnoye, Loskutovka, the other part - towards Gorny and Zolote.

“There are minor local battles on the outskirts, but the enemy has entered. Despite the fact that in the Zolote region there was a very strong and reliable fortified area. A breakthrough was made in the direction of Orekhovo - Toshkovka,"

He added that local battles are still going on in several settlements, which he cannot name, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine remained..

Babchenko also said that the situation on the territory of the community is very difficult and about four thousand civilians remain there.. In particular, people have been without electricity, water and gas supply for several months..

In addition, according to the head of the community, it was impossible to get to Gorny from June 21: all roads were either controlled by the invaders or actively shelled..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian military left Severodonetsk in order to continue inflicting losses on the invaders from more fortified positions, because it makes no sense to be in broken positions, the death toll is growing.