The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has entered its 129th day. Not long after the war started, the Russian army wanted to use the war ideas of the former Soviet Union, blitzkrieg , large depth, high speed, and high-speed penetration to deal with the Ukrainian army. As a result, we lost troops and generals. After changing the commander in the second phase of the special military operation, we found that we no longer had the millions of troops and armored groups that the former Soviet Union had.
Lisichansk, where the fighting between the two sides was fiercest, was really not good for the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian defense line collapsed too quickly, and the 25th Brigade that was just transferred to support the neck defense may no longer be able to hold on.
Earlier, the Russian army in the south of Lisichansk launched a feign attack , attracting a large number of Ukrainian troops defending Lisichansk to rush to the south to defend. As a result, after the Russian army retreated, these Ukrainian troops were stuck there. Afterwards, a Russian unit from the west crossed the Northern Donetsk River, occupied the Lischichansk Heliport, and now continues to advance toward the southwest city.
At the same time, the Russian army in the east quickly occupied the cement factory. If it was connected with the attacking Russian army in the west, the northern and southern armies would open up the front again, and the Russian army would cut Lischichansk into four sections. In this way, the Russian army can occupy areas piece by piece to prevent the Ukrainian army from being too concentrated.
On July 2, local time, the Russian army occupied Shipilivka in the south of Privolia and attacked the Chalk Mine. This will mean that the lid on the siege of Lisichansk is basically closed.
In this case, Bilogorivka will become an isolated place. In the future, whether the Ukrainian army fights or withdraws, Lisichansk will not have much worthy of consideration. In the direction of Vovchoya Rivka, the speed of the Russian assault was still acceptable, and they were about to catch up with the Russian troops crossing the river in the direction of Severodonetsk.
The Ukrainian army now abandoned a large number of tanks , armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles in the suburbs of Lischichansk. They were fully aware that the equipment was in good condition, but because they could not successfully evacuate it from Lisichansk, which was almost completely surrounded, the Ukrainian army had to abandon the equipment and evacuate personnel.
In the photos displayed by the Russian army, you can see an abandoned Ukrainian T-64 tank, with the turret facing the direction of the Russian army's attack. However, the tank had to be thrown away in order to escape.
There are about a few thousand Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries currently surrounded in Lischichansk. What the Ukrainian army can do now is how to avoid this kind of snowballing chain collapse caused by the Russian army after making dumplings one after another. .
