Russian servicemen. Archival photoLUGANSK, May 10. The military of the LPR can take control of nearby territories, but the main task remains the liberation of the entire republic, Lugansk Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «I do not rule out the possibility that the nearby territories in the interests of national security can be controlled by our military, our provisional administrations. But the task is precisely to ensure security on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic,» he said. First of all, Miroshnik added, it is necessary to liberate the territories , which belong to the LPR according to the Constitution. On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
