Ukraine, as of Friday, "completely" the Russian army in the south and east of the strategically important city of Lysychans'kLuhanskregion. Occupied in ". Moscow claimed to have surrounded about 2,000 Ukrainian troops in the area.
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"Unfortunately, as of today ... the entire Hirsuke district is occupied," Hilsuke's mayor Olexi Babchenko said on television. "There are some trivial local battles taking place in the suburbs, but the enemies have entered." A spokesman told Reuters on the phone.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Friday that up to 2,000 people, including 80 foreign fighters in Hirsuke He said he surrounded the Ukrainian army. Reuters was unable to validate the report on its own.
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A local government spokesman declined to comment on this claim.
At a daily briefing on Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that its troops had "completely isolated" a group of Ukrainian troops near Hirsuke and Zolote. It said it surrounded four Ukrainian battalions, an artillery group, and a "foreign mercenary detachment."
He added that half of Zolote was under Russian control and launched an "uninterrupted attack" around Ukrainian troops surrounded by Hirsuke.
Ukraine has its troops on Friday Said to withdraw from Lysychans' sister city Sieviero Donetsk. Fierce artillery and street combat that would be a significant setback in the struggle to defeat the Russian army.
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"Our troops withdrew and tactically because there was essentially nothing left to defend. We had to make a withdrawal, there were no cities left, and secondly we couldn't allow them to surround them, "said Olek, a military analyst based in Kyiv. Thunder Musienko said.
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