Ukraine Bombarding Retreating Russian Forces in Luhansk

The Ukrainian military says it is striking areas of Luhansk region where Russian forces are redeploying after their recent retreat from neighboring Kharkiv, Olga Voitovych and Tim Lister reported for CNN.

Photo Insert: Commenting on two recent strikes, the military's General Staff said it had confirmed Russian losses in a strike on the town of Novoaidar in Luhansk.

Commenting on two recent strikes, the military's General Staff said it had confirmed Russian losses in a strike on the town of Novoaidar in Luhansk, claiming "about 50 units of military equipment were destroyed and damaged, and ammunition was destroyed."

It added: "In addition, near ​​the settlement of Svatove, units of the Defense Forces hit the area where the enemy's manpower was concentrated. It is known that 70% of the personnel who were at the specified facility died."

The General Staff also claimed that Russian manpower issues were a growing problem.

It said that "previously issued documents postponing the mobilization for about 500 employees of the Yenakiieve Metallurgical Plant have been cancelled. In addition, a ban was introduced on the departure of men from the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea without the permission of the military commissariats."

It also confirmed that Russian forces were trying to reorganize after recent losses. It claimed that new battalions were being formed by Russia's 29th Combined Arms Army in the Eastern Military District (Siberia), using teachers from the district's Military Command School.

On the battlefield, the General Staff confirmed fresh shelling by Russian forces in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.

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