“Luhansk .... is encircled.”
It would seem that the OSCE disagrees with you, and per today’s report there are no UK troops for 25Km on a line from Stanytsia-Luhanska to Lugansk.
Spot report by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), 25 August 2014
http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b11aceda364f8f9afa6cadbbb&id=12695ff596&e=97d3b684f9
I didn’t say Luhansk was encircled. I said that Ukrainian forces controlled much of the city. Notice that the “rebel” defensive line ends at Luhansk. That’s because Ukrainian forces control northern Luhansk. Luhansk has been without water and electricity for weeks.
Donetsk remains encircled.