The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that Russian troops had mined large bridges, roads and forest belts in the Luhansk region. All this greatly complicates the advancement of the Ukrainian military..

" All these fortified areas are quite difficult to pass, therefore, in the Luhansk region, every meter is given to our Defense Forces very hard, but still they are gradually moving forward,"

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Earlier, Gaidai said that the Ukrainian military had approached the strategically important settlement of Kremennaya at a distance of several kilometers and would probably be able to liberate the city by the end of this year..