The LPR controls the entire republic, except for Severodonetsk and Lisichansk

Houses in Severodonetsk. Archive photoMOSCOW, June 2Two large cities of the LPR, Severodonetsk and Lisichansk, remain «not completely liberated,» said the head of the republic, Leonid Pasechnik. These are Severodonetsk and Lisichansk,» Pasechnik said on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. He also added that «a special military operation on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic is going according to plan.» «Everything is under the control of our troops,» said the head of the LPR. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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. Along with the Russian military, units of the DPR and LPR are operating in the region.