Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk area navy administration, has confirmed that Ukrainian troops have re-entered the japanese Luhansk area and can “maintain shifting in that path.”
CNN reported Wednesday that Ukrainian items had entered the village of Hrekivka in Luhansk.
“I’ve seen some troopers already posted a photograph of them standing on the background of the signal ‘Hrekivka’, so its not a secret anymore — it’s already liberated. And we maintain shifting in that path,” Hayday posted on Telegram.
Hayday stated he anticipated tough battles forward as Ukrainian forces push into Luhansk, now absorbed into Russia after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree declaring the annexation of the area.
“After liberating Lyman [in Donetsk at the end of last month], as anticipated, the principle battles are on the path of Kreminna. The occupiers are pulling their foremost forces there. That is the place the start of de-occupation of Luhansk oblast lies,” Hayday stated.
“Luhansk area liberation can be harder than Kharkiv area. All these Russian navy who ran from Kharkiv area and Lyman ran to our path, so the occupation forces elevated in quantity,” he added.
“There can be no ingredient of shock, like through the Kharkiv area operation. Now that they had the time to arrange, to construct fortifications, to entrench deeper, to usher in some gear, some reserves. Nevertheless, I consider within the Armed Forces of Ukraine and I consider that the forces of L/DPR [Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics] won’t be able to carry the protection for lengthy,” he continued.
Extra on Ukraine’s counteroffensive: Between April and June, the Ukrainian navy was regularly pushed out of components of Luhansk area that it held. A number of cities and cities within the area had been largely destroyed in weeks of bitter preventing.
Analysts anticipate Russian forces and their allies to hunt to defend new strains operating north from Kreminna to Svatove.
