“Yesterday afternoon, the enemy attempted to break through on the right flank.
The battle lasted an hour and a half, and thanks to artillery, infantry, in cooperation with tanks, the enemy was driven back to their positions, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
He added that Ukrainian nationalists suffered losses both in equipment and manpower.
Earlier, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko said that in the area of Gorsky and Zolote, a group of foreign mercenaries was liquidated while encircling the Ukrainian group, and valuable "trophies" were obtained there.
Assistant Minister of the Interior of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov said that about 1.3 thousand Ukrainian military and mercenaries are surrounded in the area of Gorsky and Zolotoy south of Lysichansk.
According to the republic's ambassador to Russia, Rodion Miroshnik, there are up to 7,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Lisichansk.