Russian troops concentrated on the capture of Lisichansk after the Ukrainian Armed Forces withdrew from Severodonetsk. The invaders are leveling Lisichansk to the ground.
As a result of shelling, there is a lot of destruction in Lisichansk
The head of the Luhansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai, said that Lisichansk is suffering from airstrikes. The Russians also launched an airstrike in the area of Belaya Gora.
The head of the Lugansk District Military District informs that as a result of the shelling of Lisichansk, there is a lot of destruction, which makes the city unrecognizable. The TV tower fell down and the road bridge was damaged due to shelling.
A TV tower lies on the ground, the road bridge was seriously damaged, shells hit houses, the building of the SBU, etc. The body of a man with no signs of life was found on the territory of a multidisciplinary hospital. He received numerous mine-explosive injuries,” Gaidai wrote.
Consequences of shelling Lisichansk/Photo Luhansk OVA
The Russians have entrenched themselves in Severodonetsk
As the head of the Lugansk OVA wrote, the enemy has entrenched in Severodonetsk, Sirotin, Voronovo and Borovsky after the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew.
The Russians once again fired at the Azot plant, where Ukrainian forces were stationed, and the State Emergency Service training ground in Severodonetsk. The settlements of Pavlograd and Sinetsky were under fire from the invaders, and the bridges to Lisichansk have already been destroyed. p>
Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from Severodonetsk: what is known
- On June 25, the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from Severodonetsk, which the Russian military destroyed almost to the ground. On June 25, the head of the Severodonetsk military administration, Alexander Stryuk, announced that our military had retreated to more fortified defensive positions. According to Stryuk, the Russian invaders wanted to blockade Severodonetsk from the south, but they failed.
- The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the aggressor troops were going on the offensive to try to encircle the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Lysichansk. At the same time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs explained that Lisichansk is better for the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to its landscape. On the morning of June 26, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russians were trying to blockade Lisichansk from the south.
