Fighters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR. Archival photoLUHANSK, April 22 The head of the Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, suspended the curfew in connection with the celebration of Easter from 23:00 on April 23 to 04:00 on April 24 (coincides with Moscow time), according to decree of the head of the republic. «Suspend the curfew imposed on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic by decree of the head of the Luhansk People's Republic of July 28, 2016 No. 423/01/07/16, from 23:00 April 23, 2022 to 04:00 April 24, 2022 year,» the document says. In addition, the curfew regime is suspended in the territories of the LPR liberated from Ukrainian troops from 21:00 on April 23, 2022 until 05:00 on April 24. 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 abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
