Russian Forces Take Full Control of Lugansk People's Republic - Defense Ministry

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2026-04-01
MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Zapad (West) group of forces took full control of the Lugansk (also known as Luhansk) People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. "Units of the Zapad group of forces have completed the liberation of the Lugansk People's Republic," the ministry said in a statement. At the same time, Russia's Sever (North) group of troops took control of the settlement of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka (Verkhnya......
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