Russian occupiers have captured several communities in the Luhansk region in recent days.
The Russian occupiers could approach the city of Lisichansk, located a few kilometers from Severodonetsk, in the coming days, the Institute for the Study of War said. According to British military intelligence, on June 23, the occupying troops advanced five kilometers towards the southern regions of Lysichansk for three days. The enemy covered the whole quarter of Lisichansk with thick fire. Athletistic telling details.
The occupiers advanced in the Luhansk region, conducting mobile defense the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Since June 19, occupying forces have advanced more than five kilometers south of the approach to the city of Lysichansk, according to a daily British military intelligence analysis published by the British Ministry of Defense on June 23 .
Lysychansk is the last major city in the Luhansk region that remains under Ukrainian control. Russian forces have occupied approximately 95 percent of the region to date. About why the Kremlin needs the Luhansk region, in detail in the material Get at any cost.
The British intelligence report states that some Ukrainian units seem to have retreated to the area to avoid being surrounded.
British experts attribute Russia’s improved performance in this sector to the recent strengthening of occupying forces and a strong concentration of fire. According to the Ukrainian side, the enemy is erasing Lysichansk from the face of the earth with all the weapons he has.
On June 23, the head of the military administration of the Lugansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, said that the occupiers had concentrated more than one hundred multiple systems of launching rockets in this direction, and that there was a large amount of cannon and mortar artillery. that they covered entire neighborhoods with jam. fire. This caused many casualties to the civilian population.
The occupiers also put increasing pressure on the Lysichansko-Severodonetsk pocket as they crept up the edges of the built-up areas, the British added, citing Russia’s efforts to achieve a deeper that siege to capture the western part of the Donetsk region remains unsuccessful.
In this frontal sector, the occupiers intensified their offensive at the beginning of the week, with accumulated reserves, Gaidai reported. On June 21, the General Staff of the Armed Forces announced that they had lost control of the communities of Podlesnoe and Mirnaya Dolina, located between Lisichansk and Toshkovka. Later that day it was learned about Toszkowka’s disappearance.
“The situation is very difficult. The Russians collected all the reserves – troops, equipment – even from the newly occupied territories. And all this was sent to the storm Severodonetsk and in the direction of Zolote -Toshkovka. The Russians, unfortunately, succeeded from Toshkovka – they were able to advance some populated points, “said the head of the OVA.
The morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for June 23 says that the attackers captured two more communities in the Luhansk region – Loskutovka and Ray -Aleksandrivka, located about 20 kilometers from Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from under Lysychanka, so as not to fall into the pot
“The enemy is conducting attack operations to establish control over the Sirotine settlement. It is taking preparatory measures for forcing the Seversky Donets River,” the General Staff said in a statement. Russian troops have not yet tried to force the river after the failure of the operation near Belogorovka.
In addition, the enemy has not abandoned plans to control the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, the report says. The occupiers were conducting offensive operations in the direction of Zolote and Volcheyarovka (northwest of Loskutovka).
They wanted to occupy the dominant height in the Berestovoye area in order to establish control over the “way of life”.
“To strengthen the grouping in the indicated direction, in the Novotoshkivske settlement area, the enemy moved up to a battalion tactical group from the Central Military District,” the General Staff added.
Gaidai noted that the “road of life” connecting Lisichansk to Bakhmut is no longer in use today due to the ongoing shelling, but the “quiet evacuation” from the city continues in a different way.
He admitted that Ukrainian defenders could move away from Zolote, so that without a cordon, the command could issue an order to retreat to other fortified positions. The head of the Lugansk OVA noted that Zolote has been a line of defense since 2014, all the forts there have been shelled for eight years, and since February 24, they have been stoned around the clock.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may still need to withdraw from Lysychansk to avoid the siege.
Gaidai explained that a small part of the Luhansk region remained an outpost, the Russians “could not get past Severodonetsk for four months,” and they needed “real victory,” so they threw all their efforts in the Lugansk region.
The General Staff’s evening report on June 23 states that the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the offensive in the direction of the southern outskirts of Lisichansk, inflicting losses on the enemy and forcing them to retreat. They noted that the occupiers were setting up reserves to continue the offensive.
Enemy offensive actions near Borovskoye were also suspended by Ukrainian defenders, the report said.
“The enemy conducted a reconnaissance in force in the Belaya Gora settlement area. He continued the offensive in the Ray-Aleksandrovka settlement area, fighting continues,” the General Staff reported.
At the direction of Bakhmut, the occupiers captured Nikolaevka and tried to establish control over the Gornoye settlement.
However, the reconnaissance of the fighting in the Vershina settlement area and an attempt to tie the actions of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Klinovoe region ended in failure for the enemy.
The Institute for the Study of War, in a report for June 23, admitted that Russian troops would approach Lisichansk from the south in a few days. Now the battle takes place in the area of the village of Belaya Gora, adjacent to Lisichansk from the south.
“Russian troops continued their advance north towards Lysichansk along the west bank of the Seversky Donets River and on June 22 made significant progress south of Lysichansk,” the report said.
“It is likely that they will need longer fighting with Ukrainian forces, similar to the blockade battles in Mariupol and Severodonetsk, to capture Lisichansk,” Washington analysts said.
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The Russian occupiers also carried out air strikes on Verkhnekamenka, which was within ten kilometers of Lysichansk, presumably to block the Ukrainian advance towards Lysichansk.
“Russian troops are likely to continue to regroup and increase the intensity of operation in the area between Bakhmut and Lysichansk to advance towards Lysichansk from a further axis, break Ukrainian supply lines and try to consolidate control over the entire Severodonetsk and Lysichansk areas in the coming days, ”they said. in the ISW.
The invaders are likely to arrive in Lisichansk in the coming days, although they are unlikely to quickly capture the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk region, according to a report from an organization monitoring the situation on the battlefield.
Russian troops are trying to reach Lisichansk from the south, so as not to force the Seversky Donets River into Severodonetsk, where fierce street fighting continues. Ukrainian forces currently only control the territory of the Azot chemical plant west of the city.
Gaidai reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces still held areas southwest of Severodonetsk, along the eastern bank of the Seversky Donets River. This means that the Ukrainian military is not yet in a complete siege in the area of †‹вЂ‹ the cities of Lysychansk-Severodonetsk.
According to Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Office of the President, the threat of a “cauldron” in this direction is “absolutely true”, but noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine is likely to have “some kind of plan” for in the current situation. .
The Ministry of Defense explained that the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducts mobile defense there. According to Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar, the enemy has fire superiority, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicts losses on the Russians and does everything to prevent the siege and advance of the Russian Federation within the country.
Malyar stressed that “nothing is hiding the fact that the situation there is complicated.” “Now that Ukrainian troops are conducting mobile defense, as the military language calls it, they are changing some lines,” Malyar said on June 23.
It should be noted that even before the entry of the Russian occupiers into Severodonetsk, it was repeatedly stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine would likely have to leave the city and retreat to more advantageous positions in the hilly Lysichansk. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk remained for more than two months, exhausting the enemy forces.
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Source: korrespondent
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