Ukrainian military in the Luhansk region. Archival photoLUGANSK, Feb. 26LPR People's Militia warned Ukrainian nationalists about imminent liquidation for crimes against humanity. «We warn Ukrainian nationalists about imminent liquidation for crimes against humanity,» the message says. On February 21, Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, which had declared their independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics asked for help. According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. Later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrender and then have the opportunity to return to their families.Situation development — in the online report >> =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9b36e568060d31e2f909d90875edc737.jpg» />The LPR announced the release of the Stanitsa Luganskaya checkpoint Posted by: Varvara Skokshina
