Soldiers of a unit of the Special Purpose Police Regiment named after Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Chechen Republic. Archive photoMOSCOW, June 24 Having broken through the well-prepared defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Center grouping of troops defeated the enemy and blockaded Lisichansk from the south, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov. The offensive was led by Colonel General Alexander Lapin.
14:01InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine on 24.06.2022InfographicViewKonashenkov stressed that within five days Russian units took control 11 settlements, including Loskutovka, Mirnaya Dolina, Ustinovka. In addition, the southern group of troops under the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, completed the defeat of the encircled detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the mountain cauldron.
" militia of the LPR liberated the settlements of Gorskoye and Zolotoe", Konashenkov announced.
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