Special operation, July 2: Russian leaders in the DPR, allied forces in Lisichansk

MOSCOW, July 2 – RIA Novosti. A number of ministries in the DPR will be headed by experienced managers from Russia, at the same time LPR and Russian forces besieged Lisichansk and reached its headquarters.

DPR chief Denis Pushilin said a number of ministries will be led by “experienced Russian managers”. According to him, this is necessary for the “rapid transition to the Russian legal field, to the Russian public administration paradigm”.

Olga Koludarova was appointed head of the Ministry of Education and Science, and Mikhail Kushakov will become First Deputy Minister. The Ministry of Health will be headed by Dmitry Gartsev, and Alexander Oprishchenko was offered the position of first assistant. Andrey Chertkov will be the Minister of Coal and Energy, and Anatoly Nesterenko – his first deputy. Dmitry Shmelev was appointed Minister of Revenue and Duties. Denis Kurashov will become Deputy Minister of Communications, he will deal with digitalization issues.

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Lisichansk, the last LPR city under Kiev’s control, was completely surrounded by Russian and LPR allied forces.

He also noted that allied troops were in the center of Lisichansk in the LPR.

At the same time, LPR People’s Militia Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko told RIA Novosti that the local centers of resistance of the Ukrainian troops remained in Lisichansk, but these were already insignificant.

An RIA Novosti correspondent reported that Lisichansk was taken from the scene and is under the control of allied forces. Leaving the city, Ukrainian militants blew up and destroyed some important administrative buildings, including the town hall.

The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on this information, but reported that the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, controlled groups of Russian troops in Ukraine, paying special attention to automatic warfare. control systems.

In addition, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Russian troops destroyed in one day four Ukrainian detachments of multiple launch rocket systems and 39 command centers, in addition, aviation forces destroyed five command centers and three ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army. in one day.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Minsk does not want to fight in Ukraine, there is not a single Belarusian soldier there, but they are trying to draw the Belarusian side into the conflict.

The minister also noted that a few days ago the Ukrainian army tried to attack military installations on the territory of Belarus, but all missiles were intercepted. According to him, Belarus is provoked.