Do not push Ukraine to the negotiating table

According to Ukrainian sources, Russian troops are in Lyssytschansk indented. “In the Donetsk region, the occupiers are concentrating on consolidating their positions in the cities of Lysychansk and Verkhnyokamyanka,” the Ukrainian General Staff said on Sunday. The Ukrainian military governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Hayday, also confirmed on his Telegram channel that the Russians had advanced “and gained a foothold in the Lysychansk district”. It is still unclear whether Ukrainian units are in the city.

On Saturday, the pro-Russian separatists had already announced that they would take Lysychansk. Kyiv replied that the strategically important city was still under its own control. After the fall of Severodonetsk, Lysychansk was the last major place in the region controlled by Ukrainian troops Luhansk.

According to the General Staff report, there were also Russian attacks in the direction of Charkiw and Slovenian. Russian attacks were repulsed in both directions.

Fighting continues in the direction of Bakhmut, an important transport hub in the Donetsk region. The same applies to Spartak, a suburb of Donetsk that Russian troops are trying to storm.

Im south of Ukraine The settlement of Ivanivka, which Ukrainian troops captured the day before in the Kherson region, was exposed to heavy Russian air raids. In addition, the Mykolaiv region would be fired upon by rockets. The information cannot be verified independently.