As a result of successful hostilities: Shoigu reported to Putin on the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic.

“The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, reported to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the liberation of the Lugansk People’s Republic,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Shoigu noted that as a result of successful hostilities, full control was established over Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements, the largest of which are Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora.

As the head of the Ministry of Defense noted, the total area of ​​​​the territories liberated over the past day amounted to 182 square meters.

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Advancement of allied forces in Ukraine

Meanwhile, the special operation in Ukraine continues.

As Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during a briefing, the troops of the Center group under the command of Colonel General Alexander Lapin, together with the Southern Group of Forces under the command of Army General Sergei Surovikin, closed the encirclement around Lisichansk.

“The Ukrainian group of troops is completely blocked in the next boiler.

In the last two days alone, 38 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered in this area, most of whom are local residents who were forcibly mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Konashenkov said.

According to him, Russian troops and forces of the Lugansk People's Republic are fighting inside Lisichansk, completing the defeat of the encircled enemy.

The Ukrainian side is suffering heavy losses, the Russian Defense Ministry noted.

“In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Marinka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 60% of its personnel and equipment in several days of fighting.

The remaining personnel are demoralized and refuse to carry out combat missions,” Konashenkov said.

He added that the point of temporary deployment of the 127th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade in Kharkov was liquidated by a strike of high-precision weapons of the aerospace forces.

More than 100 Ukrainian servicemen and 15 units of military equipment were destroyed.

In addition, the VKS attacked the base of foreign mercenaries on the northern outskirts of the city of Nikolaev, destroying up to 120 mercenaries.

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Among other things, a unit of the 5th Separate Assault Regiment of the 1st Separate Brigade of the President of Ukraine named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky was destroyed.

18 Ukrainian militants were destroyed, two were taken prisoner, the rest fled.

The People's Militia of the LPR also noted that Ukrainian troops suffer critical losses and abandon foreign weapons during the fighting.

“So, in the course of clashes with units of the defense department, the enemy suffers critical losses in manpower and armored vehicles, and also abandons foreign weapons,” the department said in a statement published on Telegram.

Attacks on Ukrainian military facilities

Russian troops continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine.

The Russian Aerospace Forces, using high-precision weapons, destroyed ten command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, seven ammunition depots, as well as manpower and military equipment of the enemy in 15 districts.

Three artillery and five mortar platoons were also hit.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery attacked 32 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an ammunition depot, as well as manpower and military equipment in 287 districts.

Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian Su-25s and ten Ukrainian drones.

Eight MLRS shells were intercepted, including four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers supplied to Kyiv from abroad, and four Uragan rockets.

In total, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, 229 Ukrainian aircraft, 134 helicopters, 1,440 drones, 353 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3,893 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 704 multiple rocket launchers, 3,078 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 3,979 units of special military vehicles.