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Russia makes small gains in Lysychansk, takes over parts of oil refinery
Russian forces have been in a position to make small features within the Lysychansk space, taking components of an oil refinery, positioned on the outskirts of the town, the top of the Luhansk area army administration, Serhii Hayday, stated on Friday.
“The occupiers are assaulting the Lysychansk oil refinery, holding the northwestern and southeastern components of the plant,” Hayday stated in a Telegram publish.
Huge image: The Ukrainian Armed Forces Basic Workers stated: “[Russia] is concentrating its essential efforts on encircling our troops within the Lysychansk space from the south and west, establishing full management over the Luhansk area.”
Hayday made the same evaluation.
“The enemy tries in useless to encompass the Ukrainian army, attacking Lysychansk from the south and west,” he stated.
Russian forces have additionally made a renewed assault on the Bakhmut-Lysychansk freeway, the principle provide line into the town, however have been repelled by Ukrainian forces, Hayday added.
Inside the town: The scenario stays dire for the almost 15,000 residents that stay in Lysychansk.
“The residents of Lysychansk spent virtually 24 hours in basements and homes. The shelling of the town could be very intense,” Hayday stated. “Many residential homes and industrial amenities caught fireplace.”
Elsewhere in jap Ukraine, the Russian army additionally intensified the shelling of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, in response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces Basic Workers.