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Fighting is continuing in Luhansk suburbs and Luhansk itself, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Aug. 22.

“In the Luhansk region clashes continue in Luhansk suburbs, Stanychno-Luhansky district, Alchevsk and Perevalsk,” Lysenko said.

According to Lysenko, Ukrainian troops are continuing operations in cities of Luhansk region, in particular in Illyria, Malomykolayivka, Stanychno-Luhansky, Uspenka, and Lysyche.

Mobile special forces groups, which “find and destroy militants’ positions,” are working actively in Luhansk, the spokesman said.

In general, Ukrainian military continue fighting for Donetsk, Shakhtarsk, Torez, Zuhres and clashes continue to maintain Savur-Mohyla, Khriaschuvate and Novosvitlivka, Lysenko said.