ALONA MAZURENKO — WEDNESDAY, 22 JUNE 2022, 22:28
Serhii Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, said that the Russian invaders refused to cross the Siverskyi Donets river because they were afraid of heavy losses.
Quote from Haidai: "The orcs [Russian soldiers] refused to cross the Siverskyi Donets river for fear of heavy losses, because they have not recovered from the "first" Bilohorivka [the Russian army suffered huge losses when they tried to cross the Siverskyi Donets river at the end of May], so they have decided to die on other fronts."
Details: According to Haidai, the Russians continue to concentrate [combat] reserves in Sievierodonetsk and in the area of Toshkivka-Zolote, where fighting is currently underway.
The head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration noted that the Russians want to surround the Ukrainian military.
He added that Lysychansk continues to suffer from shelling by the aggressors. In just a few days, the occupiers caused catastrophic losses in the city.
In May, it was reported that paratroopers of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade thwarted attempts by the Russian occupiers to cross the Siverskyi Donets river nine times; the Ukrainian defenders destroyed pontoons and other equipment belonging to the invaders.
OLENA ROSHCHINA - THURSDAY, 23 JUNE 2022, 08:15 Russian troops captured the villages of Loskutivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka in Luhansk Oblast on 22 June. They had captured Toshkivka, Pidlisne, and Myrna Dolyna a day earlier, on 21 June.
FRIDAY, 24 JUNE 2022, 08:13 Ukrainian Defence Forces have halted the advance of Russian troops near Borivske in Luhansk Oblast and repelled an attack on Lysychansk, but Russian occupying forces were able to capture Mykolaivka.
The Russian military extended its grip Thursday on territory in eastern Ukraine, capturing two villages and vying for control of a key highway as it seeks to cut supply lines and encircle some frontline Ukrainian forces, British and Ukrainian military officials said. Ukrainian forces withdrew from some areas near the city of Lysychansk to avoid being surrounded as Russians sent in reinforcements and concentrated their firepower in the area, Britain’s Defense Ministry said. The city is located in Luhansk province, a major battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine.
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