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MOSCOW, July 2 Three Ukrainian battalions in battles with the Russian military near Lisichansk lost more than half of the personnel, the Ministry of Defense reported. «The enemy suffers significant losses in all directions. In the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenka and Zolotarevka, three battalions of the 10th mountain assault and 72nd mechanized brigades lost more than 50 percent of the personnel in just a day of fighting,» 
The Russian military liberated Zolotarivka As specified, «in the area of the settlement of Artemovsk, high-precision weapons of the Aerospace Forces attacked the temporary accommodation point of the 1st battalion of the 30th mechanized brigade, killing up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen and about 15 pieces of military equipment.» In addition, added to the Ministry of Defense, Russian air strikes hit the temporary storage base for weapons and military equipment of the 10th mountain assault brigade, located on the territory of the Kharkov tractor plant, killing up to 30 servicemen and destroying ten units of armored and automotive equipment.
Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 In the LPR, almost the entire territory of the republic was liberated, with the exception of Lisichansk. Over the past three days, the Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the gelatin plant and the village of Topolevka have been taken under control. The Ukrainian military, according to Andriy Marochko, a representative of the Luhansk security forces, received an order to withdraw from the city. According to LPR intelligence, more than ten thousand civilians remain there. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 07/01/2022InfographicView