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Russian troops blocked Lisichansk from south — defense ministry

In the course of this operation, Russian forces liberated 11 settlements, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov informed

MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. Russian troops blocked the city of Lisichansk from the south, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday.

"Units of the Center group of forces under the command of Colonel General Alexander Lapin broke through the well-reinforced defense of Ukrainian troops, defeated the enemy and blocked the city of Lisichansk from the south," he said.

According to Konashenkov, in the course of this operation, Russian forces liberated 11 settlements. The biggest of them are Loskutovka, Mirnaya Dolina, and Ustinovks.

Concurrently, the southern group of forces under the command of Army General Sergey Surovikin along with the forces of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) completed the defeat of the encircled Ukrainian forces in the Gorskoye pocket and liberated the cities of Gorskoye and Zolotoye.