KYIV, June 26 - Russian troops fought to consolidate their gains in Ukraine’s east by battling to swallow up the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province, according to Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai.

He said Sunday Russia was conducting intense airstrikes on the city of Lysychansk, destroying its television tower and seriously damaging a road bridge.

There’s very much destruction. Lysychansk is almost unrecognizable,” he wrote on Facebook.