ANALYSIS
Battle Updates: Lysychansk, Ukraine
On June 25th, 2022 the Ukrainian General Staff announced that regular Ukrainian forces had withdrawn across the Donets River from Severodonetsk to reinforce higher ground in Lysychansk. Since then, Russian Ground Forces have consolidated their gains in the completely devastated city of Severodonetsk, forcibly deported hundreds of citizens further into Russian occupied Ukraine, and had skirmishes with Ukrainian Special Forces who still maintain positions in the city, acting as spotters for Ukrainian artillery strikes.