[Kiev, 23rd Reuters]-Governor Guydai of the province of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine announced on the 23rd that both the villages of Lysychans’k and Rai-Oleksandrivka, south of Severodonetsk, where Russian troops are intensifying their offensive, have been subdued.
Ukrainian troops are said to continue to defend the Zolote and Vovchoyrovka settlements in Severodonetsk and its suburbs.