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RUBEZHNOE (LPR), May 3.The trenches of the Ukrainian security forces in residential areas of Rubizhne in some areas reach several kilometers in length, a serviceman of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic with the call sign «Dancer» told RIA Novosti. «This trench goes right through residential buildings. The fact is that when the Ukrainian troops came here , they drove everyone out, and what is surprising to me, they were driven out in our direction so that we could evacuate them, then we dug huge trenches here through the yards, but here they remained … The trenches are kilometers long in some areas, «said the serviceman People's Militia of the LPR. He added that during the retreat, the Ukrainian troops did not take away the bodies of the dead, only sometimes they carried away the wounded. , behind them they constantly leave a bunch of NATO weapons: «Javelin» (American portable anti-tank missile th complex — ed.), NLAW (Swedish-British man-portable anti-tank guided missile — ed.)», — said «Dancer». The people's militia of the LPR showed the device of Ukrainian pillboxesRussia 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.» 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.