Heavy fighting for Lysychansk ongoing, enemy firing weapons of all calibers

Heavy fighting for Lysychansk ongoing, enemy firing weapons of all calibers

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Fighting for Lysychansk is currently underway in Luhansk region. Ukrainian defenders do their utmost so that a yellow and blue flag flies over the town.

"Russian occupiers continue to fire on Ukrainian Lysychansk, using weapons of all calibers. Putin's soldiers are aiming at residential neighborhoods, healthcare facilities, kindergartens, evacuation vehicles ruthlessly … Fighting for Lysychansk continues. Ukrainian defenders do their utmost so that a Ukrainian flag continues to fly over the town," Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai posted on Facebook.

Dozens of buildings have been destroyed in the town and many residents have been affected, he added.

The Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration posted a video of the fighting in Lysychansk from the scene.

On February 24, Russian president Putin started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops shell and destroy key infrastructure, massively fire on residential areas of Ukrainian cities, towns, and villages using artillery, MLRS, and ballistic missiles.

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