❗️🔥 #Lysychansk has been taken and is under the control of allied forces, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene.

Leaving the city, Ukrainian militants blew up and destroyed some important administrative buildings, including the city hall.

https://t.me/rian_ru/169579

By noon, the group of troops "Center" under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin broke through the defensive lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zolotarevka north of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery.

Now units and subunits of the Central Military District are advancing on Belogorovka, the same settlement that these same units tried to take in early May 2022 with substantial equipment losses.

The units are on their way to take revenge.

There are reports from the Kharkov region that Russian troops are moving to the northern outskirts of Kharkov. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine say that the fighting is taking place along the Belgorod-Kharkov road in the area where the villages of Kochubeevka and Dementievka are located. From there to the Kharkov ring road no more than 13-14 km. At the same time, strikes are being made on the enemy garrison in the Chuguev area, and the RF Armed Forces are advancing east of Kharkov.

Allied troops in the very center of Lisichansk, "In Memory of the Fallen" memorial.

Edit: "The Red Banner of Victory was installed in the central park of Lisichansk in the LPR, which was taken under control by allied forces on July 2," - Ramzan Kadyrov said. - Reported by TASS

Lisichansk is taken and is under the control of the allied forces, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene.

Leaving the city, Ukrainian militants blew up and destroyed some of the important administrative buildings, including the city hall.

Lisichansk residents 🇷🇺

Group „O“ in Belogorovka - the last village that was needed to fully liberate the LPR