Ukrainian military. Archival photo SEVERODONETSK (LPR), May 29. Ukrainian security forces are hiding in residential buildings of the city of Severodonetsk, for which there are battles in the Donbass, Ivan Filiponenko, an official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, told RIA Novosti. Earlier, he said that the forces The LPR, with the support of the Russian Armed Forces, wedged into the line of defense of the Ukrainian troops in Severodonetsk and occupied a bridgehead in the city itself. operation in Ukraine on 24 February. Russian President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces 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.
