Ukraine Army Says Lysychansk 'not Encircled'
Faizan Hashmi Published July 02, 2022 | 09:48 PM
The Ukrainian army on Saturday rejected claims that Moscow-backed separatists and Russian forces had surrounded the key eastern city of Lysychansk, but said heavy fighting was ongoing on its edges
Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Jul, 2022 ) :The Ukrainian army on Saturday rejected claims that Moscow-backed separatists and Russian forces had surrounded the key eastern city of Lysychansk, but said heavy fighting was ongoing on its edges.
"Fighting rages around Lysychansk. (But) luckily the city has not been encircled and is under control of the Ukrainian army," Ruslan Muzytchuk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian National Guard, said on Ukrainian television, after a separatist spokesman made the allegations earlier in the day.
Capturing the city would allow the Russians to push deeper into the wider eastern region of the Donbas, which has become the focus of their offensive since failing to capture Kyiv after launching their military operation in Ukraine in late February.
Across the Donets river from Lysychansk, the Russians seized the neighbouring city Severodonetsk last week.
Andrei Marotchko, a spokesman for the separatist forces, earlier told the TASS news agency: "Today the Lugansk popular militia and Russian forces occupied the last strategic heights, which allows us to confirm that Lysychansk is completely encircled."
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