The military group from Chechnya took control of the line of contact in Severodonetsk, completely blocking the exits from the city, said the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.
“A group of Russian volunteers from the Chechen Republic completely took control of the entire line of contact with the detachments of bandits in the city of Severodonetsk LPR. The first quarters of a well -fortified city are already cleared of enemy units,” Kadyrov wrote in his telegram channel.
At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities deny this. The head of the Lugansk regional administration, Sergei Gaidai, said that Severodonetsk was not surrounded. The “separatist“ media ”dissolve the false statements of the“ Helene commanders ”that the city is cut off. This is not true. The regional center is not cut off, the battles continue in the vicinity of the city. The Russians entered the area of the Mir Hotel and the bus station,” he wrote.
According to Gaidai, Russian troops will not be able to capture the Luhansk region in the coming days – the Ukrainian military “Enough forces and means to keep the defense.”