“The battles for Seversk have already begun,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Seversk is located almost 30 km west of Lisichansk.
On July 3, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Army General Shoigu noted that as a result of successful hostilities, full control was established over Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements.
The largest of them are Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora.
The Ukrainian grouping of troops is blocked in the Lysychansk cauldron; at present, the defeat of the surrounded enemy is being completed in the city.