Soldier of the Russian Armed Forces. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 7Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a conference call announced the liberation of Svyatogorsk. as well as 15 other settlements,» the head of the defense department said. Among the largest liberated settlements, he listed Studenok, Yarovaya, Kirovsk, Yampol and Drobyshevo. Shoigu also confirmed that the residential areas of Severodonetsk had been liberated, now the army is taking control of the industrial zone and the nearest settlements. «An offensive is developing in the Pasna direction. <…> In general, today 97 percent of the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic has been liberated,» the minister added. full-fledged movement between Russia, Donbass, Ukraine and Crimea. Interim results of the Russian special operation, Shoigu noted that over the past five days, 126 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have surrendered, their total number is 6489 people. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, 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 army has already completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ministry called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
