
Locals in Rubizhne. Archival photoGROZNY, May 4 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that «normal human life» is returning to the city of Rubizhnoye in the LPR. «For the city, memories of adherents of the Third Reich remain in the past. Normal human life is returning. This is actively facilitated by the Regional Public Foundation named after the Hero of Russia Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov. Help for people is sent continuously,» Kadyrov wrote on Telegram and posted a video with city residents in line for help from the foundation. He added that the residents of Rubizhne have recently been living from hand to mouth, experiencing great difficulties even with water, and now they are «free from the yoke of the Nazis» and are «coming out of a state of despair and hopelessness.»
Kadyrov announced a large-scale offensive by the LPR forces and Chechen fightersRussia 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.

