Russian servicemen in the town of Rubizhne, Luhansk People's Republic. Archival photo CHABANOVKA, April 28 Due to the ongoing hostilities near the cities of Rubizhne and Severodonetsk in the Luhansk People's Republic, a young woman Tatyana had to give birth at home, the Russian military took her to a safe place, Tatyana herself told RIA Novosti .The village of Chabanovka is located near the cities of Rubizhnoye and Severodonetsk, where shelling and street fighting continue. In Rubizhne, the People's Militia of the LPR, with the support of the Russian troops, is finishing the cleansing. Severodonetsk remains under the full control of Kyiv. Due to the dangerous situation, ambulances could not arrive in the village, and the owners of cars also did not dare to take Tatyana out.A resident of Popasna told how he had to bury his wife in the garden «I was very worried and worried about the child. It was already the 39th week (of pregnancy). I had to give birth at home. Thanks to the neighbors,» Tatiana said. Experienced neighbors helped her and even cut the umbilical cord. Then the inhabitants of Chabanovka managed to turn to military doctors. “They took me to Grechishkino (a neighboring village where it was safer) on some kind of tank,” Tatyana said. «Thanks to the military doctors, they examined me. The female nurses also helped, thank you very much,» she adds. Recalling the recent events, Tatyana began to cry. Now the young mother and child have returned home, although fighting continues nearby. The situation with food in the village leaves much to be desired, but the military and volunteers deliver humanitarian aid to the residents of Chabanovka.Refugees from Rubizhne told how they left the city under bulletsRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. In the LPR, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, 93% of the former Luhansk region was liberated, within whose borders a republic was proclaimed in 2014. Against the backdrop of hostilities in a large number of cities and villages of Ukraine, a humanitarian catastrophe is emerging. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation lays responsibility for this on the Kyiv authorities, who refuse to coordinate the work of humanitarian corridors, as well as local nationalists, in some cases, according to the military department, holding civilians as human shields.
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