On July 3, Russian Defense Minister General Shoigu personally reported to President Putin in Moscow that thanks to successful combat operations, the Russian army and the Luhansk armed forces have completely controlled the city of Lischichansk and its surroundings. settlement.
The Russian army occupied Lisichansk. Even Cable News Network (CNN), which has always been badmouthing the Russian army, had to admit in its news reports that this was a special military action taken by Russia against Ukraine A "major milestone" since then.
Lisichansk, across the Don River from Severodonetsk, is an important city in Luhansk . It is called the "Twin Cities". The last stronghold.
After Severo Donetsk was captured by the Luhansk armed forces, the Ukrainian army retreated to the last position in the Donbass area and was surrounded by multiple sieges by the rapidly interspersed Russian army and the Luhansk armed forces.
After gaining air supremacy, the Russian army used fierce artillery fire to block and cut off the passage between southern Lischichansk and the outside world, which meant that the Ukrainian army's reinforcements and combat supplies could not enter. However, the Russian army had quickly penetrated into the city and was fighting with the Ukrainian army. A close-range gunfight broke out. Amid internal and external difficulties, it was only a matter of time before Lisichansk fell.
After the Russian army announced that it had taken control of the situation in Lischichansk, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense denied this. On July 3, Zelensky admitted that Lischichansk had been lost and that the Ukrainian army had withdrawn from Lischichansk.
The driver "swore" to take back Luhansk. At the same time, the driver emphasized that at present, the Ukrainian army is gradually advancing in Kharkov , Kherson and on the sea.
But the driver’s words are only for reference by readers who are interested in the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine. They may not all be true. There are many baseless things in them and they are full of water.
For example, the Russian army took the initiative to evacuate Snake Island , but was driven away by Kiev . The so-called Ukrainian army is "gradually advancing on the sea," and the driver may be referring to Snake Island.
The battle situation is as expected by the vast majority of military fans on the Internet who are paying attention to the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict. This is destined to be a game between opponents whose strengths are too disparate. The Ukrainian army’s loss of control over Lischichansk will be visible to the naked eye. .
The Russian army took the initiative to evacuate from Snake Island, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend, to prevent Ukraine from hyping up the topic of "food crisis". However, some people believe that the Russian army has become a general trend and will soon be defeated by the Ukrainian army. In fact, it has a little military acumen. No one would agree with this statement.
The longer the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine drags on, the more beneficial it seems to be for Russia. Linking natural gas to ruble , Russia made a clever move. The ruble exchange rate against the US dollar rebounded sharply and has soared to the highest level in about 7 years.
The hard currencies in the hands of grain, oil, natural gas, etc. are becoming more and more valuable to Russia when global energy and food prices are high and the West is facing huge inflationary pressure.
Now, Russia is getting richer as it fights wars, so much so that it is worried that the ruble will appreciate too quickly, which will be detrimental to the government's budget and tax revenue. The Russian Ministry of Finance had to start buying the currencies of "friendly" countries and use these currency holdings to influence the exchange rate with the US dollar and the euro to counter the sharp rise in the ruble.
The Russian army and the Luhansk armed forces jointly conquered Lisichansk. Luhansk has been controlled by the coalition forces, and the entire Donbas region has changed hands, which means that the Russian army has made significant progress in the "second phase" of the battle. .
With the Donbas region under the control of the Russian army, will the Russian army launch the third phase of special military operations against Ukraine that it has previously mentioned, that is, to capture Kharkiv, Nikolaev and It will take time to further observe the three states of Odessa .
The Russian army voluntarily evacuated from Snake Island. Once the Ukrainian army reoccupies Snake Island, which is about 35 kilometers away from the Ukrainian coast and has a strategic location but is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it can deter the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet which has lost the cruiser "Moscow". military operations in Black Sea .
After the Uzbek Navy's coastal missile force acquired more domestically developed "Neptune" anti-ship missiles, Western "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles, and the "Caesar" vehicle-mounted 155mm howitzer system, the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet attempted to It will become extremely difficult to launch a landing operation at sea and capture the Odessa port.
The Russian army could only pass through Nikolayev on land and forcefully attack Odessa. For Odessa, it must be a "harder nut" than Mariupol . The Russian army's It is quite difficult to advance.
Kharkiv, a state located on the border between Russia and Ukraine, has become the base camp for the Ukrainian army's large-caliber long-range artillery and "Dot"-U tactical missiles to attack the Russian mainland, making it difficult for the Ukrainian army to defend itself.
If the Russian army launches the third phase of its special military operation against Ukraine, it is likely that the key target of the attack will be Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city and the center of education and heavy industry in the east.
