
The 1.5-kilometer column of Russian military equipment invaded the Luhansk region, reports informator.lg.ua. The column includes tanks, artillery installations, including reactive systems of the Grad, and field kitchens. She went through the villages of Pionerskoye and Nikolaevka of the Stanichno-Lugansk region towards the regional center.
Later, the column appeared in the eastern part of Lugansk at the Epicenter hypermarket. As eyewitnesses told the publication, the military reluctantly talked with the townspeople, but admitted that they arrived from Russia. Then Russian military equipment headed along Budyonny Street to the city center.
The night before, the speaker of the Information and Analytical Center of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrei Lysenko said that the forces of the ATO reached the center of Lugansk , and some units penetrated the central quarters. “The battles are already on the streets of the city,” the official said.
Meanwhile, blogger Galina Starikova posted photos taken on Monday evening in Ivanovo on Suzdal Street and Railway Station Textile. The pictures show the sending from the city of the 98th Airborne Forces division of the 98th division. The license plates on cars are sealed, and the military, according to the author of the photo, is sent with winter uniforms.