The city of Popasnaya has completely come under the control of the LPR forces and the Russian military. File photoPOPASNAIA (LPR), May 17.Residents of the liberated Popasnaya in the LPR are looking for their relatives who were lost during the shelling and evacuations. The official representative of the defense department of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced on May 9 that Popasnaya is completely controlled by the forces of the LPR and the Russian Federation. The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, stated that in the city of Popasnaya, for which there were fierce battles in the Donbass, 96% of the buildings were damaged. «My husband had health problems, the military went back and forth, I asked, I say what to do, give him something some (medical assistance — ed.), we went to the post, and they said that they could not (themselves — ed.), only he needs to go to the hospital, and he is on an armored personnel carrier, «Svetlana, a resident of Popasnaya, told RIA Novosti. She explained that the military personnel of the Russian Federation and the LPR evacuated her husband in serious condition to Pervomaisk, but since there is no connection in the city, she cannot find out whether he is alive or not. «My children lived further in the city, my daughter and granddaughter. We last called up, when we had electricity, on February 25-26, we talked on the phone, then the phones went dead and that's it,» local resident Vlada said.The village of Novozvanovka south of Popasna came under the control of the LPR forces, she specified that now the house where her daughter lived was destroyed, and it is not known whether she and her granddaughter were able to evacuate. Russia 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. 05/17/2022 InfographicView
