Destroyed buildings in the industrial area of Rubizhne. Archive photoRUBEZHNOE (LPR), April 30The People's Militia of the LPR took control of the industrial zone of Rubizhne, which was turned by Ukrainian security forces into one continuous fortified area, Anton Mikuzhis, an officer of the press service of the People's Militia, said. .One of the participants in the assault showed journalists the positions of Ukrainian militants. According to him, the offensive of the People's Militia was hampered by underground communications between the shops, along which the militants moved literally at full height. That is why the security forces retreated here from the residential area of Rubizhne, where there are no such communications. militia to journalists.
The LPR Ministry of Emergency Situations began the burial of the dead residents of RubizhneRussia 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 Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at 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.
