“According to Zamid Chalaev from the scene, the day before they defeated the formations of the territorial defense and special operations forces of Ukraine in the amount of 58 people.
In the coming days, our special forces will begin to liberate Lisichansk," he wrote.
Earlier, the First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Information of the Donetsk People's Republic, Daniil Bezsonov, on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel, expressed confidence that the issue of encircling Lisichansk by the forces of the DPR would be resolved in the near future.
Prior to this, the deputy head of the People’s Militia Department of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, said that the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are desperately trying to avoid creating a boiler along the line of settlements Artyomovsk-Lysichansk-Severodonetsk and are putting up serious resistance.