The invaders are retreating on the outskirts of Severodonetsk, Luhansk region, but they are trying to continue the attack on the city, said the head of the Luhansk police department Serhiy Gaidai.

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According to him, in the Lugansk region, the enemy continues to advance, and the fighting continues almost around the clock.. The invaders suffer significant losses in manpower and equipment, and their units are only 20% complete..

Gaidai noted that the purpose of blowing up the bridges between Rubizhne and Severodonetsk was to contain the offensive of the occupying forces of the Russian Federation on Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.

“At night, there were no active hostilities on the front line in the Severodonetsk direction, and the invaders “strongly hit civilians,” as a result of which seven high-rise buildings and the VPU building were damaged as a result of shelling,” Gaidai added..

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The plans of the invaders to capture Kharkov and the encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donetsk to Izyum failed. Probably, the military leadership of the Russian Federation will give priority to the capture of the entire Lugansk region, predicts the American Institute for the Study of War.

Russian troops appear to continue their attempts to cordon off Severodonetsk and Lysichansk in order to cut off the last highway connecting these cities with the rest of Ukraine..