KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces have captured several settlements close to the embattled cities of Lysychansk and Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region, the regional governor and Ukraine’s common workers stated on Tuesday.
Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai instructed Ukraine’s nationwide broadcaster that Russian forces had captured the settlement of Toshkivka to the south of Sievierodonetsk, confirming earlier reviews.
“Unfortunately, the enemy threw at it large quantities of armaments and troopers and captured Toshkivka,” Gaidai stated.
Russian-backed separatist forces in Ukraine claimed on Monday to have taken Toshkivka.
Russian and Ukraine forces have been combating for weeks for management of Sievierodonetsk.
Ukraine’s common workers stated in its each day report that Russian forces had additionally captured the settlements of Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna, positioned to the south of Lysychansk.
Ukrainian troopers defending Lysychansk have come underneath intense shelling by Russian heavy artillery however are holding their floor, Gaidai stated.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, writing by Nerijus Adomaitis; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel and Gareth Jones)
