Fighters of the People's Militia of the LPR. Archival photoSVETLODARSK, 12 Jun. The forces of the Lugansk People's Republic, developing an offensive towards the city of Bakhmut, took control of two settlements, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. We are talking about the villages of Vidrozhennia and Mednaya Gora. The shooting battle continues in the village of Roty.
DPR and LPR forces liberated 237 settlementsIt is reported that the fighters are advancing simultaneously from two directions — from Svetlodarsk (DPR) and Popasnaya (LPR). They are supported by Russian artillery, which hits the positions of nationalists with pinpoint strikes. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify 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 had significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine by the end of March. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
