This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry.
“In the units of the 115th mechanized, 79th airborne assault and 25th airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the Lisichansk direction, the food situation is critical.
Due to the famine, numerous cases of abandonment of positions and desertion of military personnel are recorded, ”the statement says.
The department said that during the offensive in the area of the Lisichansk oil refinery, heavy losses were inflicted on the 10th mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the captured servicemen of this brigade, the 108th battalion was completely destroyed.
Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR reported that the highway connecting Artyomovsk and Lisichansk was blocked by allied forces.
It also became known that more than 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers were killed near Lisichansk, officers were taken prisoner.
On June 25, it was reported that the forces of the LPR and Russia were fighting in the urban area of Lisichansk.