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On the 131st day of war in Ukraine, the advance of the troops russian confirmed in the Donbass, in the east of the country. On Sunday July 3, fighting raged in Lysychanska strategic city in the Lugansk region.
The Russians have seized of Lysychansk (Ukraine), Sunday July 3, and they want to show it. Images of the city, subjected to a deluge of fire for weeks, were filmed by Russian television. Another video also tends to accredit it. It shows the Chechen auxiliaries shouting victory in front of the buildings of the city. Success was claimed by the head of the separatist Lugansk region.
Slowly but surely, the Russian army is chipping away at the Ukrainian positions in the Donbass. After Sevierodonetsk (Ukraine) and Lysychansk (Ukraine)the next targets are the strategic cities of Sloviansk (Ukraine) and Kramatorsk (Ukraine). In these two cities, the pressure increases, and the bombardments become more intense. In Sloviansk, Sunday, July 3, rocket fire killed at least six people, including a child.
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