The Russian troops had significant losses and were forced to retreat in the area of \u200b\u200bSeverodonetsk, Toshkovka and Oskolonovka. The occupants managed to be pushed back to previously occupied positions. This was announced by the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.

Also, according to him, another bridge between Severodonetsk and Lisichansk was damaged, but the passage between the cities is preserved..

“The Russians have significant losses, and they were forced to retreat in the area of \u200b\u200bSeverodonetsk, Toshkovka and Oskolonovka. However, they do not give up their attempts to go to the rear of our troops and disrupt the logistics of the Lugansk region,” the report says..

According to the head of the OVA, the occupiers shelled Severodonetsk point-blank several times, at least three times - very powerfully, street fighting began in some areas.

As a result of shelling, 14 high-rise buildings were damaged.

Russian troops also fired at the nearby village of Sinetsky.

“In addition, destruction was recorded in other cities of the Luhansk region: nine houses in Gorny, four each in Zolote and Lisichansk. And also in the village of Vrubovka - 12, the village of Orekhovo - two,"

According to him, over the past 24 hours, eight enemy attacks have been repulsed, five tanks, ten armored vehicles and four enemy vehicles have been destroyed..

Also, air defense units destroyed UAVs of the Orlan-10 type..

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Yesterday, on May 27, Russian troops launched a direct assault on Severodonetsk, but they failed to cordon off the city, the Russian army did not act too deftly in built-up urban areas throughout the war and is unlikely to be able to quickly advance in the said city. Based on the past experience of front-line analytics, this conclusion was reached at the Institute for the Study of War ISW.