View of the buildings of the Uglegorsk Thermal Power Plant (TPP) in the city of Svetlodarsk. Archival photoSVETLODARSK (LPR), June 19 Ukrainian security forces are still at the strategically important Uglegorsk thermal power plant in the Donbass, the release of which would allow the offensive to continue and slam the cauldron in the Artyomovsk direction, a serviceman of the People's Militia of the LPR told RIA Novosti. callsign «Turbo.» «Ukrainian security forces occupy positions in the middle of the dam (Uglegorsk TPP — ed.). It is important for them to control this area in order to prevent our troops from advancing and continue the offensive in the Artemovsk region, in Slavyansk and slam the cauldron in which they have now turned out,» the agency's interlocutor said. He specified that we are talking about a strategically important direction. According to the servicemen of the People's Militia, the Ukrainian security forces control the Svetlodar thermal power plant and shell the liberated city of Svetlodarsk from its territory. Svetlodarsk is located 18 kilometers from the city of Debaltseve, which finally came under the control of the DPR in February 2015. The city hosts one of Europe's largest thermal power plants, the Uglegorsk TPP. 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.
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