
Luhansk People's RepublicLUGANSK, March 31 and the Donetsk People's Republics, the LPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. «The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR liberated 95 settlements of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics,» the message published on the representative's Telegram channel says. On Wednesday, the village of Terny was liberated in the neighboring DPR. More than 90% of the territory of the LPR has been liberated as of Thursday morning. 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 bullying and genocide by the Kiev 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.

