In the LPR announced the release of 15 settlements

Fighter of the LPR People's MilitiaLUGANSK, March 1 15 settlements, according to the Telegram channel of the People's Militia. «The units of the defense department from the armed formations of Ukraine liberated the settlements of Putilino, Artema, Shirokiy, Shulginka, Teploe, Nizhneteploye, Verkhneteploye, Plotina, Petrovka, Bakhmutovka, Gerasimovka, Raspberry, Nizhnyaya Olkhovaya, Upper Olkhovaya, Kamyshnoe,» the publication reads. that the LPR group, with fire support from the Russian military, is conducting successful offensive operations and has advanced 23 kilometers. In recent weeks, the situation in Donbass has seriously escalated: Kyiv has concentrated most of its army on the line of contact and intensified shelling of the DPR and LPR, using equipment prohibited by the Minsk agreements. Against this background, on February 19, the authorities of the republics turned to Russia with a request to recognize their independence. Two days later, on February 21, Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, and on February 24 announced the launch of a special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. The head of state called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass its goal. The Ministry of Defense stressed that they do not strike civilian targets on the territory of Ukraine — only military infrastructure; nothing threatens the civilian population.The development of the situation is in the online report >>February 22, 19 :08InfographicDonetsk and Luhansk People's RepublicsInfographicViewPosted by: O. Markova