The Ukrainian military from the Kharkiv direction is gradually liberating the territory of the Luhansk region. Armed Forces of Ukraine entrenched in Belogorovka, said the head of the OVA Sergei Gaidai.

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According to him, the invaders close entire villages in the region for checks on the local population..

" They are now closing entire villages for entry and exit.. Dozens of people are taken away and taken to Luhansk. In this way they are trying to make collectively responsible for the explosions that now occur regularly in warehouses with ammunition and in barracks with their personnel.. There are also cases when locals were simply shot on the spot,"

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The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the liberation of the city of Kremennaya would be important: this would allow attacking the invaders attacking Bakhmut and, in general, this would open up two important directions for the defenders.