Popasnaya settlement in the LPRSCHASTIE (LPR), Apr 13 About 400-500 thousand residents from the territories liberated during the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine will join the Luhansk People's Republic, the head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik, told reporters. about 1.4 million inhabitants. And the territories that have been liberated today, according to our estimates, about 400-500 thousand inhabitants will join us,» Pasechnik said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» Donbass.Assets, factories, shops: Ukraine nationalizes Russian property on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on March 25 that the LPR had regained control over 93% of the territory of the former Luhansk region of Ukraine since the end of February, within whose borders it was proclaimed in 2014. Only the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysichansk, as well as a number of other settlements of this agglomeration, remain under the authority of Kyiv. takes place in the port of Mariupol
