Demobilized students from the Lugansk People’s Republic can undergo rehabilitation in the Volgograd region, said Russian senator for the LPR Darya Lantratova, a deputy secretary of the “United Russia” political party’s General Council.
“Return to a peaceful life and solution of health problems were among the key issues at the meeting with Lugansk State Pedagogical University students. Russian parliament member Alexey Volotskov took part in the discussion,” Lantratova wrote on Telegram.
“Many regions already admit our guys for rehabilitation. The other day we reached an accord with the “Elton” recreation center in the Volgograd region which can arrange rehabilitation,” she said.
Lantratova said that the Russian parliament has already approved a number of measures to support demobilized students such as budget-funded tuition.
Some of the 80 demobilized pedagogical university students chose to continue fighting on the frontline, she added.
In mid-November 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to demobilize the students of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics and return them to their places of study. On November 18, 2022, LPR Acting Head Leonid Pasechnik signed a decree on demobilization of full-time and extramural students. Demobilized LPR students will enjoy the status of war veteran and receive state decorations, LPR military commissar Andrey Gubanov said.
On January 22, 2023, Deputy Speaker of the State Duma lower house of the Russian parliament Sholban Kara-ool who supervises mobilization in the working group on the special military operation said that all LPR demobilizable students had returned from the frontline.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression on February 24, 2022. Prior to that, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance.
The Lugansk People’s Republic acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum. *i*ie
