[tcrlaf]

Somebody is fibbing, there are competing claims...

Rebels claim to have pushed the UK’s out of the northern suburb, past Metalist, and all the way back to Schayste (sp??)
Militia declares that controls the Lugansk

Statements Ukrainian security officials about taking control of one of the districts of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine is not true - as of noon Wednesday, the city controlled by the militia, told RIA Novosti by telephone representative of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Luhansk (LC) .

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fria.ru%2Fworld%2F20140820%2F1020687383.html&edit-text=&act=url

[Reaganez]

Is that the same Putin controlled Russian media that says Ukrainian/Neo-Nazi Army is committing genocide against Russian speakers?

[mvonfr]

Here is a detailed map showing the situation on the ground; due to it being a large file, I'm linking it only, not embedding:

Aug 10-19 situation

There are no Kiev forces in Lugansk. South of Lugansk, roughly 1500 Ukrainians are surrounded in the airport and slowly being wiped out (this is the blue oval marked as (9)).

North of Lugansk the forces of Novorussia are advancing (marker (7)). Shall they succeed, most of Kiev forces north of Lugansk will be surrounded.