The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, does not rule out a new offensive by the Russian troops in the region, since the invaders have enough manpower, which they throw at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

" Yet 140 million (of the population of the Russian Federation - ed.. ) is a powerful stock in reserve. Yes, these are unprofessional soldiers, but there are still a lot of them.. By far the biggest problem is that there are so many of them.. The enemy does not have such a bright tactic or strategy. They simply fill up our positions with bodies and so little by little they move forward,"

According to him, step by step, the Ukrainian military is making progress in the Svatov-Kreminsky direction..

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The Russian occupying army is preparing to launch a decisive counterattack in the Luhansk region to prevent the advance of Ukrainian troops into Kremennaya and reject them. To do this, they are trying to disperse Ukrainian units, forcing them to respond to their attacks in other directions.. This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).