Head of the Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik . Archival photoLUGANSK, Aug 9 The authorities of the Luhansk People's Republic are planning to convert the Luhansk thermal power plant in the city of Shchastya to coal, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik said at a meeting with foreign journalists. it was being prepared for blowing up, after the transfer of the territory of the thermal power plant under the control of the LPR, its demining began, including with the participation of sappers from Russia. After mine clearance, the thermal power plant was put into operation. «Recently, after the liberation of the territory, we launched the LuTES (Lugansk TPP — ed.) in the territory of the city of Shchastia, but it is still on gas, but now, perhaps, it will be switched to coal» — Pasechnik said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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. In particular, Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk, and Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov, were liberated in the DPR. On July 3, with the capture of Lisichansk and the surrounding settlements, the entire territory of the LPR was liberated.
