Russian troops will try to prevent AFU from entering Rubizhne in Luhansk region

Oleksandr Doroshenko, a deputy of Kharkiv Regional Council, officer of the National Guard of Ukraine stated live on air of Espreso TV.

"We don't have much left to Kreminna. There, the road that connects Svatove and Kreminna goes to Novodruzhesk, Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. I think Russian troops will stand and prevent us from entering Rubizhne, even so. Kreminna will be ours, and I think they will guard Rubizhne there. If we take Rubizhne, then we will be able to work well with artillery in Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. Everything will depend on where Russian forces will hold defense," he said.

• Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, informed that not only the occupation leadership left Kreminna, but also civilian Russians who were carrying out reconstruction work.