“As a result of successful offensive operations, the troops of the Center group under the command of Colonel General Alexander Lapin captured the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka, reached the Seversky Donets River and, together with the Southern Group of Forces under the command of Army General Sergei Surovikin, closed the encirclement around Lisichansk ", - said the official representative of the Ministry Igor Konashenkov.
According to him, over the past two days, 38 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in this area, most of whom are local residents who were forcibly mobilized into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Russian troops and units of the Lugansk People’s Republic are fighting inside Lisichansk, completing the defeat of the encircled enemy.
During yesterday, the settlements of Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora were liberated in the vicinity of Lisichansk, ”he concluded.
On July 2, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, referring to the commander of the special police regiment named after Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, Zamid Chalayev, announced the complete encirclement of Lisichansk by allied forces.