Luhansk Military Administration: 95% of Luhansk Oblast occupied, critical situation in Donbas 

Alyona Mazurenko – Wednesday, 25 May 2022, 20:54

Serhii Haidai, Head of Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, said that 95% of the oblast’s territory has been оccupied by Russian troops. According to him, the situation in Donbas is critical.

Source: Serhii Haidai on Facebook

Quote: "95% of the territory of Luhansk Oblast has been occupied. The situation in Donbas is extremely difficult.

Luhansk Oblast continues to hold back the horde which is laying waste to our towns and villages. Shelling is relentless."

Details: According to Haidai, the Lysychansk-Bakhmut road is under constant Russian fire.

On 24 May, a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was able to enter the road and set up their checkpoints. However, as of 25 May, the road is not blocked and it has been possible to deliver humanitarian cargo to Ukrainian-held parts of Luhansk Oblast.

Haidai added that Sievierodonetsk has not been encircled and that 15,000 civilians remain in towns and villages around the city.

Overall, more than 40,000 civilians remain in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Luhansk Oblast; according to Haidai, 99% of them do not want to evacuate.