Head of Luhansk Oblast State Administration: The Lysychansk-Bakhmut road is not blocked; there is access to the Luhansk region

OLENA ROSHCHINA  — WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022, 14:33

The head of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration Serhii Haidai said that the Russian military had not blocked the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road and had not cut off Luhansk Oblast from the rest of Ukraine.

Source: Serhii Haidai, on Telegram

Quote: "The Luhansk region is not cut off! The Lysychansk-Bakhmut road is not blocked. Access to Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk is available.

In the afternoon, the media began to spread the news that the occupiers had allegedly cut off the "road of life." This is false.

The road is under fire, but today we were able to deliver trucks with humanitarian aid. As of 1 pm, movement along this road is possible."

Details: Haidai was outraged by the headlines in some media. According to him, it is irresponsible and manipulative to write "Russians cut off the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road. Is the Luhansk region encircled?" 

The Head of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration urged not to spread assumptions, but to trust only official sources of information.

"Have you thought about what will happen to the relatives of the service members who are defending the Luhansk region and the relatives of those who remained in the region when they read it? About being encircled?" Haidai asked.

Background: 

The day before, on 24 May, Serhii Haidai said that the entirety of the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road was under fire; Russian infiltrators were working there.

According to Haidai, the Russians are advancing in the Luhansk region in all directions at the same time, Sievierodonetsk "was intensively bombed", and the settlement is "barely alive."

Since April, Russian troops have focused on capturing Donbas. On 25 May, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the offensive on the Sievierodonetsk front was continuing.