A sign at the entrance to Lisichansk. Archival photoLUGANSK, June 25The people's militia of the LPR and the Russian Armed Forces took control of the mine and one of the factories in Lisichansk, lieutenant colonel of the law enforcement agency Andrey Marochko told RIA Novosti.
"At the moment the mine, which is located on the territory of the city of Lisichansk, has already been captured, as well as our units have entered the so-called gelatin plant", he said.
In addition, fighting is taking place in urban areas. On the eve of the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov reported on the blockade of Lisichansk from the south and the defeat of the surrounded units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the mountain cauldron. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for the «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. » />14:47InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 25.06.2022InfographicView