In Russian-occupied Pryvillia, "mayor" threatens to arrest residents for communicating with those living in free Ukrainian areas - AFU General Staff

The spokesman of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Andriy Kovalov, shared the information.

"In Pryvillia, a town in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, the invaders are strengthening the counterintelligence regime, primarily to identify informants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces among the local population," the speaker said.

The military emphasized that over the past week the so-called “mayor” of Pryvillia has been threatening and forbidding local residents to communicate with citizens from the Ukraine-controlled territory using a loudspeaker in his car.

"This self-proclaimed mayor threatened local residents with alleged administrative liability for such actions: for women, up to 15 days in jail, for men, up to 30 days with confiscation of property. But all these are insignificant threats of the occupiers," Kovalov emphasized.

Frontline situation as of June 27

Ukrainian defense forces have launched their offensive in Melitopol, Berdiansk and Bakhmut.

"We have been successful in the Novodarivka-Pryiutne and Novodanylivka-Robotyne directions. We continue to fire artillery at the identified targets and carry out counter-battery measures," said the spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russian troops suffer significant losses in soldiers, weapons and equipment.

Ukrainian defenders are also leading offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction near Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Ivanivske, Kurdyumivka and Pivnichne. "They have some gains. They are consolidating their positions. Heavy fighting continues. The occupiers are losing manpower, weapons and equipment."

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces emphasized that Ukrainian defense forces continue to hold back Russian troops in the Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka directions.

• On June 26, the General Staff reported that, despite their losses, Russian troops were attacking in Lyman, Bakhmut, and Marinka directions. They also tried to regain their lost ground near Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia region. There were 36 combat clashes in the frontline over the last day.

• On June 26, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that over the past week, Russian troops suffered almost 8 times more personnel losses than the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In key areas, Ukrainian troops are advancing by 1-2 km.