28.12.2022, Lugansk.
Servicemen of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) eliminated dozens of Ukrainian fighters and destroyed more than two dozen pieces of equipment of the Ukrainian armed units in the past 24 hours, the official representative of the LPR People’s Militia Major Ivan Filiponenko wrote on the department’s official Telegram channel on December 28.
According to Filiponenko, the forces of the LPR People’s Militia destroyed up to 85 Ukrainian militants, two tanks, four armored personnel carriers, one artillery gun, 17 special vehicles, as well as three drones in the past 24 hours.
Since February 24, 2022, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. The operation was preceded by an escalation of the conflict in Donbass by the Kiev regime, which forced the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics to request assistance from Russia in deterring aggression. First, on February 21, Russia recognized the LPR and DPR by concluding treaties of friendship, cooperation, and mutual assistance with them. However, the Kiev regime did not stop punitive actions against the republics and continued to escalate the situation.
