The Russians are in full control of Tochkovka.

The Russians have “complete control” of the town of Toshkovka, located on the front line in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, a few kilometers from Severodonetsk and Lischansk, where fighting is taking place, Ukrainian local authorities said yesterday. “According to our information, the Russians have completely taken control of Toshkovka,” said the head of the Severodonetsk region, Roman Vlasenko, noting that “pressure continues” on the front line, where “the battle for Donbass is going on.” According to the governor of the Lugansk region, Sergei Gaidai, the Russian army inflicted “catastrophic destruction” on the city of Lischansk, adjacent to Severodonetsk in the Donbass (east). He stressed that “the Russians want to occupy the entire Lugansk region,” most of which they currently control, “until (Sunday) June.” But he emphasized that they “will not be able to do it within five days.” Gaidai described the situation on Monday night as “the calm before the storm”, expecting Russian artillery to resume during the day.