Russian occupying troops advance towards Lysychansk from the south and succeed. Thus, they did not need to cross the Seversky Donets to get closer to the city. This is stated in the next analytical report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

“Russian troops are successfully advancing towards Lysychansk from the south, instead of crossing the river from Severodonetsk, threatening Ukrainian defenses in the area,” the ISW report says..

American analysts believe that the Russians will try to attack Lysichansk in the coming weeks, but they will most likely need further protracted battles with Ukrainian forces, similar to those in Mariupol and Severodonetsk..

In addition, the Russians continued to advance on settlements along the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway in order to intercept Ukrainian land lines.. They also carried out several successful advances in settlements southeast of Severodonetsk: they captured Toshkovka, Pidlisnoye, Mirnaya Dolina, Ustinovka and part of Belaya Gora.

But while the Russians are making headway in the Luhansk region, their operations along the Izyum-Slovyansk axis, ISW analysts write, are increasingly stalling as Russian forces prioritize operations around Severodonetsk.. They launched unsuccessful ground attacks on Bogorodskoye and Dolina (north of Slovyansk) and did not attempt offensive operations in the Liman area..

They also continue to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region from pushing them to the border.

Also in ISW \u200b\u200bthey wrote about the battles in the south. In particular, that the Russians allegedly again recaptured the left birch of the Ingulets River.

But they could not confirm this information, as it was taken from Russian sources..

Recall that on June 21 it became known that the Ukrainian defenders once again struck at the Zmeyny Island, where the invaders deployed their forces.. And before that, the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully attacked drilling platforms in the Black Sea, better known as the " They were captured by Russian troops after the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and there were Russian military.