Russians entrench themselves in Lysychansk area – Luhansk Oblast Military Administration

IRYNA BALACHUK - SUNDAY, 3 JULY 2022, 08:14

Russian occupying forces continue to advance and consolidate their positions near Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast, with the city's administrative buildings having been completely destroyed.

Source: Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote from Haidai: "The occupiers have probably thrown all their forces at Lysychansk. They have attacked the city using incomprehensibly brutal tactics. Whereas in Sievierodonetsk, a month of street battles left houses and administrative buildings standing, in Lysychansk, the same administrative buildings have been razed to the ground within a short period of time. There are many Russians, and the weapons they are using are plentiful. And this despite the destruction of several depots containing enemy ammunition."

Details: The head of the Oblast Military Administration says that the Russians are suffering significant losses but are pushing hard - they are entrenching themselves in the town as well as in Verkhnokamianka and continuing to destroy settlements.

On 2 July, rescuers extinguished a blaze in a multi-storey building and a shop and a shopping centre on private properties.

One woman was injured and admitted to the hospital in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Zolotarivka and Bilohorivka were also hit by Russian shelling. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled a hostile attack near the latter.