❗️LUGANSK, June 26. /TASS/. Mercenaries from France, Poland, Germany and America fled Severodonetsk, abandoning their arms, LPR (Lugansk People’s Republic) Assistant Interior Minister Vitaly Kiselyov told TASS on Sunday.
"The mercenaries fled from there. They ran away so fast that they abandoned all their basic weapons and carried only what they could take with them. They fled at night, in groups of two to three men. This is the information of one of the prisoners-of-war who showed them the road," he said.
As the LPR assistant interior minister pointed out, "these are mercenaries from France, Poland, Germany and America - all these facts are confirmed." "All of them fled into Lisichansk," he added.
❗️MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. About 70 Ukrainian militants who were holed up in the Azot chemical plant in Severodonetsk were taken prisoner, LPR (Lugansk People’s Republic) Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik announced on Sunday.
"First of all, a lot of forces were eliminated there. Quite active assault operations were conducted there and part of them [Ukrainian militants] tried to break through towards the Seversky Donets and some part could have escaped. Not quite many of them were captured, at least about 50-70 men whom local residents are talking about," Miroshnik said in a live broadcast on the Soloviev Live TV Channel.
❗️MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Forces of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) have liberated settlements on the left bank of the Seversky Donets River and mopped up the airport in Severodonetsk, LPR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said on Sunday.
"The left bank of the Seversky Donets has been liberated. To date, Severodonetsk, Borovskoye, Sirotino have been mopped up. The Severodonetsk airport has been mopped up. Lesnaya Dacha, all villages around Severodonetsk have been liberated," he said in an interview with the Solovyov Live television channel.