Lu Zi According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 2nd, the Russian army is still about 6 kilometers away from completing the encirclement of the Ukrainian army in Lisichansk City. The pro-Russian armed forces in Luhansk claimed that they had completely taken

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According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 2nd, the Russian army is still about 6 kilometers away from completing the encirclement of the Ukrainian army in Lisichansk City. The pro-Russian armed forces in Lugansk claimed that they had completely taken control of the Lisichansk oil refinery, and the Ukrainian army had received an order to withdraw from the city.

Lisichansk is a key city currently contested by Russia and Ukraine. Except for Lisichansk, the Luhansk region is almost entirely controlled by Russian troops or pro-Russian armed forces.

Lu Zi According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 2nd, the Russian army is still about 6 kilometers away from completing the encirclement of the Ukrainian army in Lisichansk City. The pro-Russian armed forces in Luhansk claimed that they had completely taken - DayDayNews

Russian Satellite News Agency report screenshot

Agence France-Presse later reported that Ukrainian army refuted the claim that the city of Lisichansk was surrounded, but said that fierce fighting was taking place on the edge of the city.

A spokesman for the Ukrainian National Guard said on Ukrainian TV: "Fighting is raging around Lisichansk, (but) fortunately the city was not surrounded and is still under the control of the Ukrainian army."

reported It said that seizing the city would allow Russia to penetrate deeper into the vast eastern region of Donbass. Last week, Russian troops captured the nearby city of Severodonetsk.

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