Bilohorivka and Popasna reduced to rubble: regional governor on thousands of strikes, destroyed critical infrastructure and electrical substations

Serhii Haidai, informed about this at a media briefing.

"Territory of the Luhansk region can be conditionally divided into three parts. One was occupied in 2014. The second was occupied without heavy fighting after February 24," Haidai said.

Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration singled out another part where an active phase of hostilities took place for almost 5 months. This conditional line passes through Kreminna, Rubizhne, Zolote, Hirske, Lysychansk and Popasna settlements.

"Some settlements, such as Bilohorivka and Popasna have ceased to exist at all. As a result of constant hostilities and shelling, we had thousands of attacks of various scales, from mortars to powerful aerial bombs. All critical infrastructure there was destroyed. Water supply structure was completely destroyed, electric substations were destroyed," head of the region added.

• On January 8, head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai noted that the liberation of Kreminna will help to completely destroy the Russian military grouping near Bakhmut.

• On January 9, head of Severodonetsk district military administration, Roman Vlasenko, reported that Ukrainian Armed Forces pressure Russian troops in Luhansk direction.

• On January 11, Center of National Resistance warned that Russia intends to stage a terrorist attack in the Luhansk region in order to blame Ukrainian Armed Forces for it.