MOSCOW, July 30. /TASS/ Russian Armed Forces continued the offensive towards Novoselyovskoe settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic, official spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov said.

"In the Kupyansk area, assault teams of the Battlegroup West continued offensive operations in the direction of Novoselyovskoe settlement in the Lugansk People’s Republic and progressed by 300 meters to the depth of the enemy defense," the spokesman said.