China News Agency, Moscow, July 3 (Reporter Tian Bing) The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the 3rd saying that Russian Defense Minister Shoigu reported to Putin, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, on the situation of complete control of the Luhansk region.
According to a statement issued on the official website of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the same day, Shoigu reported that the Russian army and the local militia in Luhansk jointly carried out military operations and completely controlled the city of Lisichansk and some surrounding settlements, of which the larger settlements include other Logolovka, Novodruzhsk, Malo Ryazantsevo and White Mountains, etc.
The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized that in the past 24 hours, the "liberated" territory covers an area of 182 square kilometers.
According to Ukrainian media reports, in the past day, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Nikolayev and other areas have been violently attacked by Russian troops.
Lysichansk is located in the northwest of the Luhansk region, on the right bank of the Severo Donets River. It is one of the largest and oldest cities in the region and a large industrial center with several factories including oil refineries.
In 2010, the city's population exceeded 100,000, and the population of its residential areas exceeded 120,000.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov reported on the 3rd, in the early morning of the 3rd Moscow time, the Ukrainian side launched an air attack on Belgorod and Kursk, which are close to the Russian-Ukrainian border area.
The Russian air defense system successfully intercepted and destroyed three "Dot-U" missiles fired at the city of Belgorod, and the wreckage of one of the missiles fell on a residential building in the city.
The Russian army also destroyed two Ukrainian "Tu-143" UAVs approaching Kursk.
Belgorod Governor Gladkov said on the 3rd that four people were killed in the attack, one of whom was Russian, the other three were Ukrainian, and a total of four people, including a child, were injured to varying degrees.
There were no reports of casualties in Kursk.
Konashenkov said that the Russian army continued to carry out military operations in Ukraine and continued to attack military installations in Ukraine.
Since the special military operation, the Russian army has destroyed 229 Ukrainian aircraft, 134 helicopters, 1440 drones, 353 anti-aircraft missile systems, 3893 tanks and other armored vehicles, 704 multiple rocket launchers, 3078 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 3979 special military vehicles.
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