“During yesterday, the settlements of Novodruzhevsk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora were liberated in the vicinity of Lisichansk,” the message says.

It is noted that the troops of Russia and the LPR are fighting inside Lisichansk, completing the defeat of the encircled enemy.

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.

Later he announced the liberation of the city.