Smoke and flame rise after a military strike on a compound of Sievierodonetsk's Azot Chemical Plant, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 18, 2022. (File photo: Reuters)

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Britain says Russia boosts pressure in advance on Ukraine's Lysychansk

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Published: 23 June ,2022: 09:35 AM GST Updated: 23 June ,2022: 09:49 AM GST

Russian forces advancing towards the Ukrainian city of Lysychansk are putting increasing pressure on the surrounding region, including the twin city of Sievierodonetsk, Britain's defense ministry said on Thursday.

“Since 19 June, Russian forces have highly likely advanced over 5 km (3 miles) towards the southern approaches of the Donbas city of Lysychansk,” the ministry said in a daily update on Twitter.

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The fight for the twin cities is “entering a sort of fearsome climax”, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has said.

Russia seeks to capture both Luhansk and Donetsk, which make up Ukraine's industrial heartland of Donbas.

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