In the report of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) telegraph channel It’s about taking control of the city of Svetlodarsk in the Donetsk region.
“LPR troops liberated Svetlodarsk. The Victory Flag has been hoisted over the city government!” – says message.
Denis Pushilin, former head of the DPR declaration about the beginning of the attack on the city of Krasny Port in the north of the republic.
Pushilin announced that Russian units, together with the people’s militias of the LPR and DPR, had entered the city. According to him, half of the city is under the control of the combined military forces of Russia and the republics.
On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to organize a military special operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.
The president described the purpose of the operation as “protecting people who have been subjected to eight years of bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime”. The decision to run the operation was the reason for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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Source: Gazeta