T-72 tank of the RF Armed Forces in Severodonetsk. File photoMOSCOW, June 25An attempt by the enemy to turn the Azot industrial area in Severodonetsk into a stubborn center of resistance has been thwarted, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said.
" militia of the Lugansk People's Republic, with the support of Russian troops under the command of Army General Sergei Surovikin, as a result of successful offensive operations, the cities of Severodonetsk and Borovskoye, the settlements of Voronovo and Sirotino of the Luhansk People's Republic", were completely liberated, he said at a briefing.
Konashenkov added that the entire territory of Azot, as well as the left bank of the Seversky Donets within the borders of the LPR, is controlled by the forces of the republic. 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