Shelling of settlements close to the line of confrontation, from Popasnaya to Kremennaya, continues. According to the Head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, there is no operational pause declared by the enemy.

Russian troops are trying to finally capture the Lugansk region and take control of the villages in the Donetsk region. The enemy is not yet trying to break through deep into the area, but is advancing in several directions at once. In difficult places, the occupiers do not waste time on military operations, but provide indiscriminate fire impact.

" Therefore, danger comes everywhere - from Kreminnaya to Popasnaya. At night alone, they launched 8 artillery attacks, 3 mortar attacks, and 9 rocket attacks,"

As of the morning of July 9, the Russian invaders have made little progress and continue to attack west of Lysychansk..

According to the Head of the Luhansk OVA, the enemy did not take the previously announced operational pause, because he continues to shell Ukrainian settlements with the same intensity.

However, experts from the Institute for the Study of War believe that the Russian military command, with heavy shelling and small offensive operations, is trying to neutralize the possible advantage of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the operational pause.. After all, the units that participated in the assault on Severodonetsk and Lysychansk really need to be rotated.