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POPASNAYA (LPR), May 21. south of Popasna, a serviceman of the defense department with the call sign «Tolich» told RIA Novosti. Earlier, the official representative of the department, Ivan Filiponenko, announced the liberation of the settlement of Novozvanovka south of Popasna.
"There was a rather powerful position here, fortified, secured. They stood there for eight years, but held out <…> not for long", — the soldier said.
He said that the fortifications were protected by concrete slabs, which could only be destroyed by artillery. According to the interlocutor of the agency, retreating, the Ukrainian security forces left ammunition and a large amount of foreign weapons. of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine on May 21, 2022 denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. 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.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at the 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.