LUGANSK, May 6. Head of the Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik signed a decree appointing Rodion Miroshnik as a plenipotentiary ambassador of the LPR in Russia. «Appoint Miroshnik Rodion Valeryevich Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Lugansk People's Republic in the Russian Federation,» the text of the decree on the website of the head of the LPR reads. The Decree comes into force from the date of its signing. Previously, Rodion Miroshnik served as an adviser to the head of the LPR. sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. On February 22, Putin clarified that the LPR and DPR were recognized within the boundaries prescribed in their constitutions at the time when they were part of Ukraine. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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.March 16, 10:58The aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPRPushilin said that many countries are considering recognition of the DNR and LNR
