The head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai, denied Russian claims that Lisichansk is cordoned off and controlled by Russian troops.. He stated this on his Facebook.
According to Gaidai, the Russian military approached the neighborhood from different sides, but the city was not cordoned off..
" They are shelling the city from several directions.. There are a lot of artillery and enemy personnel near Lisichansk, but Lisichansk is not cordoned off.
We advise people to constantly stay in shelters, because evacuation is now impossible,"
The enemy pays special attention to the coast of the Seversky Donets. The shelling of the territory along the river from both sides does not stop - both from the side of Severodonetsk and from the side of Lysychansk. Also under constant fire is the area "
Earlier, the General Staff of the SU reported that the Russian army was holding certain parts of the Lisichansk oil refinery.