Vladimir Putin spoke to his defense minister, saying that Russian forces should “carry out their missions according to already approved plans.”
After capturing the entire Luhansk region, Vladimir Putin ordered his forces on Monday July 4 to continue their offensive in eastern Ukraine.
Russian Forces”To carry out their work according to the already approved plans“, Vladimir Putin announced during a televised interview with his Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. “I hope that everything will turn out in their fields as it happened in Luhansk“, he added. The reports came a day after it was announced that Ukrainian forces would be withdrawn from the strategic city of Lisitsansk, after Russian forces and separatists Moscow took full control of the Luhansk region.
The Lugansk region and neighboring Donetsk region make up the Donbass basin in eastern Ukraine, which Moscow’s forces intend to capture entirely. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that Moscow’s forces “Carry out demining in the city of Lysizansk“.
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Vladimir Putin indicated that two of his generals, Alexander Lapin and Esedolla Abatchev, would also be drafted.Heroes of RussiaFor their role in the fighting in Ukraine, without further details.
Russia, notoriously secretive about this kind of information, recently revealed the names of the two generals responsible for the attack on Lysitsansk, Sergei Churovikhin and Alexander Lapin. On Monday, Vladimir Putin indicated that the two men had been in direct contact(Monday) report on the course taken in the execution of their missions and their proposals for the continuation of offensive operations“.
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The capture of Lisitsansk, which forms a strategic lock with the twin city of Severodonetsk, allows Russian forces and separatists easy access to the west, and the key cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the two largest cities in the Donbass, are still controlled by the Kyiv military. . On Monday, a senior separatist officer, Vitaly Kiseliev, said that forces from Moscow were advancing from two directions towards the Sivarsk region on the way to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
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