Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, acknowledged in an online video that “the threat of a tactical Russian victory exists, but they have not yet done so” after Russian gains in southeastern Lysychansk. Serhiy Haidai, governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, confirmed Wednesday morning that Russian forces had captured the villages of Pidlisne and Myrna Dolyna and carried out a “partially successful” attack on Bila Gora, targeting police, state security and prosecutors. buildings as they went. “Hell battles in Sheverodonetsk and surrounding villages, mass bombings in Lysychansk and hostile attempts to cut off the ‘road of life,’” he told the Telegram. “The enemy is trying to gain complete control of Sheverodonetsk.” The advances bring the Russians closer to the T1302 highway that connects cities with Ukrainian-controlled territories and leaves Ukrainian forces in Zolote, a city guarding the south side of the protruding Lysychansk, almost completely encircled.
