Sergei Kolyagin, the mayor of the city of Pervomaisk in the Luhansk People’s Republic, said that currently about 250 people live in the city of Popasna. DEA News.
“The city of Popasnaya and its nearby settlements remain in the war zone. <…> However, despite this, approximately 250 civilians continue to live in the private sector of this settlement.”
A mobile phone charging point will be opened in the city, and 60 families will be compensated for property destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces.
Popasnaya is a key defensive point of the Ukrainian armed forces in the LPR, liberated in the summer of 2022.
Andrei Marochko, formerly an officer of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) declarationThat the Ukrainian armed forces are gradually depleted.
According to Marochko, Ukrainian troops continue to attack Russian positions, but “it is clear that in some areas the strength of the enemy is exhausted” and is switching from active offensive operations to maneuverable or dead defense.