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LISICHANSK, July 3 Residents of the liberated Lisichansk raise the Victory Banners and Russian tricolors and congratulate each other, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Lisichansk was liberated by the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces together with the People's Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, the official representative of the republican law enforcement agency, told the agency. holiday,» he said. Banners are hung on buildings that are significant for the townspeople, residents congratulate the allied troops. On Sunday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic. As a result of successful hostilities, the allied forces established full control over Lisichansk, the last city in the republic in which there were Ukrainian troops, and nearby settlements, the largest of which are Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora.
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