Escaping from Lysychansk Ukrainian soldiers full of joy for their salvation, Zelensky vows to return

1. Escaping from Lysychansk, Ukrainian soldiers full of joy for their salvation
Ukrainian soldiers overjoyed at their salvation, unlike their hopeful president who says that Ukrainian forces would regroup and return to fight Russian troops in lysychansk after withdrawing from the city over the weekend.
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2. Work to ensure peaceful life in the territories under the control of the Russian troops will continue, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a conference call on Tuesday.

"Russian troops are providing all-round support to the #population of the liberated [during the special military operation] cities. Efforts to ensure peaceful life in the Russian-controlled territories will continue," Shoigu said.

Shoigu stressed that the main priorities for the Russian Armed Forces today are the lives and health of the servicemen , as well as the safety of the civilian population. "The special military operation will continue until the tasks set by the supreme commander-in-chief are fully fulfilled," the defense minister stressed.

He reiterated that the Russian troops together with the people’s militias of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics continue the special military operation . The Lugansk People’s Republic has been fully liberated. Alone in the past two weeks, 670 kilometers of its territory have been taken under control.
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3. As many as 170 mercenaries were killed in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine and the Donbass republics in the past ten days, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday.

"As many as 170 mercenaries were killed and another 99 refused to take part in military activities and left Ukraine in the past ten days," he specified during a conference call meeting.

According to Shoigu, "a successful offensive by the Russian army and the forces of the people’s republics has reduced the number of foreign mercenaries and fighters from private military companies active in the country."