The military commissar said that due to the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces, the Ukrainian military had to leave the trenches that they had occupied for a long time.

One of the Russian military operating in this direction said that the situation at the front is stable and an offensive is underway towards Seversk.

“We are slowly moving forward.

Now we are moving away from Lisichansk, it becomes much quieter.

The answer became much smaller, the enemy artillery was driven away much further, ”he said.

Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Russian forces had made progress in the direction of Seversk, which is strategically important for the liberation of Krasny Liman.