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Military operations in key cities in the eastern Luhansk region have been described as “successful” by Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych.
“The defence of the Lysychansk-Severodonetsk agglomeration is a successful military operation,” Arestovych wrote on Facebook.
According to Xinhua, he added that Ukraine has completed all four key tasks of the defensive operation, including interdicting key enemy forces, inflicting losses on enemy forces, buying time for receiving weapons, and creating conditions for offensive operations in other sectors of the frontline.
Ukraine is currently conducting counterattacks in the eastern Donetsk region, as well as the southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, according to Arestovych.
According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin on Sunday of “control of the Luhansk region.”
Late on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Lysychanska, a key Luhansk city, but vowed that Ukrainian forces “will return.”
Source:OCN
