"It's very dangerous," he said, pointing out that the city's geographical position nevertheless made it easier to defend than Severodonetsk.
"We can simply say that the Russians are very numerous and are arriving from all sides. There's an incredible number of vehicles and artillery."
Lysychansk is the last major city the Russians need to take over in the Lugansk region, one of two provinces in the large Donbas region that Moscow wants to control completely.
