LUGANSK, Jul 2 The allied forces of Russia and the LPR suppressed the resistance of the Ukrainian security forces in Lisichansk, said RIA Novosti Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko. «There are still local foci in the village of Lisichansk, when Ukrainian nationalists are trying to shoot back and hold certain areas of the area. This resistance is already insignificant, since these units have completely lost their combat capability and lost control,» the agency's interlocutor said .In turn, on the TV channel «Russia 24» Marochko noted that the allied units completely surrounded the city and cut off the enemy's retreat. Today, this was also stated by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who announced a full-scale attack on Lisichansk. Earlier it was reported that up to ten thousand people remained in the city. With the exception of this settlement, there are almost no APU fighters left on the territory of the former Luhansk region. Over the past three days, the Russian military, together with fighters from the LPR units, took control of the Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, a gelatin plant and the village of Topolevka. Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
