A large banner with Alexander Nevsky was hung in the center of Luhansk on Victory Day and Republic Day. Archival photoLUGANSK, June 12 On the eve of the Day of Russia, patriotic billboards in honor of the Russian army appeared on the roads of the LPR, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The posters hang in various places in Luhansk and other cities, as well as on the highways between them. 
Russia's «Independence Day» has taken on a new meaning On some of the posters, the military joins his fingers into a Z symbol. Nearby are the slogans: «Born to win», » We are Russians! God is with us!», «Victory is forged in fire» and others. On other posters, the military are depicted against the background of the V symbol. these posters say. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
