Fighters of the People's Militia of the LPR. Archival photoLUGANSK, July 10Allied troops have taken Grigorovka and continue to move towards Seversk, according to Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador of the Luhansk People's Republic in Russia. «Today, Grigorovka was taken with fighting, and our troops continue to conduct military operations on the liberation of Serebryanka. An attack is underway on Seversk from the north,» he wrote in his Telegram channel.June 22, 17:18 InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine According to Miroshnik, local residents have noticed the movement of militants from Seversk to the suburbs, where they are trying to «create a fortified area from hastily dug positions and somehow erected fortifications.» «Everyone already it is clear that Ukrainian formations in Seversk will not be able to hold back the offensive of the allied forces for a long time, therefore, individual units secretly leave the city. Mostly forcibly mobilized terbats remain in positions,» the representative of the republic added. territory, «there were arrivals in Novodruzhesk», a suburb of Lisichansk.
"According to preliminary data, there were no casualties. This once again proves that our population will not feel safe without at least driving away the long-range weapons that Ukrainian militants have,» Miroshnik concluded.
Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The Russian military department called the liberation of Donbass the main task. In particular, Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk, Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov, and Svyatogorsk, which houses a large Orthodox monastery in the status of a lavra, were liberated in the DPR. On July 3, with the capture of Lisichansk and the surrounding settlements, the entire territory of the LPR was liberated.