Russian combat helicopters clear Ukrainian military positions at Lisichansk . oil refinery

Russia even controls the Lisichansk oil refinery, Matrosskaya mine, Gelatin factory and the Topolevka settlement, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. Meanwhile, Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Russia's victories on the battlefield were causing more and more defectors from Ukraine. Meanwhile 2,000 members of the Ukrainian territorial defense unit have been deployed in the city of Lisichansk.