The enemy announced the final capture of the Lugansk region, after the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Lisichansk and Severodonetsk. However, fighting is still ongoing near the administrative border of the region.. Attempts by Russians to advance from Lisichansk to Seversk have not yet had any result, said the head of the Lugansk OV Sergey Gaidai.

A tense situation near Belogorovka, the enemy is concentrating troops and shelling the surrounding settlements. Over the previous day, the enemy launched four missile strikes and carried out seven artillery attacks..

In turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine yesterday near Zolotarivka covered Russian units with artillery, because of which they were forced to retreat. While the attack on Verkhnekamenskoye, the Defense Forces successfully repulsed.

" But it was by no means a lightning-fast offensive operation, and the development of a strong defense line by our military stopped them. In four months, the Russians advanced several kilometers, choosing the tactics of total destruction of large cities. But they are still confident in their “heroic” victories at the end of February, they live it and do not want to face reality..

And she doesn’t make them very happy,” Gaidai wrote..

But despite the fact that due to significant losses during the battle for Severodonetsk and Lysichansk, Russian troops suffered significant losses. Because of what the Russian military command announced an operational pause at the front. In order to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from seizing the initiative and launching a counteroffensive, the occupiers stepped up artillery, mortar and rocket attacks on Ukrainian territories..