Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin rikicin 2014 na Rasha a Ukraine an kama garin a farkon Afrilu 2014 ta masu rabuwa da Rasha. A ranar 22 ga Yuli 2014 Ukrainian Ukrinform ya ruwaito cewa 'yan tawaye "sun bar Lysychansk" tare da "motocin da aka kwace daga jama'a da kuma a wuraren ajiye motoci"; Rasha ITAR-TASS ta ruwaito a wannan ranar cewa' yan tawaye sun " yanke shawarar barin garin don ceton jama'a da dakatar da rikice-rikice. " Wannan ya faru ne musamman saboda rashin nasarar da suka yi a cikin
Kewaye da Sloviansk da kuma kwashe Kramatorsk ya sanya riƙe da birnin ba zai yiwu ba. Washegari an ci gaba da gwagwarmaya mai tsanani a kusa da garin yayin da Tsaron Tsaro na Ukraine da sojojin Ukraine suka fitar da wata sanarwa da ta bayyana "shirin soja don 'yantar da Lysychansk, yankin Luhansk, daga kungiyoyin' yan ta'adda a nan gaba. " A ranar 24 ga Yuli 2014 sojojin Ukraine sun yi ikirarin cewa dakarunsu sun shiga Lysychansk kuma Kanar Andriy Lysenko ya ce "Za mu dauki garin, kuma hanyar za ta bude zuwa Horlivka, sannan Donetsk". A ranar 25 ga Yuli, 2014, sojojin Ukraine sun tabbatar da birnin daga 'yan tawaye masu goyon bayan Rasha.