Kiev forces have fired more than 3,500 multiple rocket launcher rounds at the Lugansk People’s Republic since the beginning of the special military operation (SVO) on February 24, said the LPR Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes (JCCC).   (Since the beginning of the SVO), the enemy has expended more than 11,000 rounds of ammunition using Tochka-U tactical missile systems (37 missiles), American M142 HIMARS (587 missiles), BM-21 “Grad”, BM-27 “Uragan” and BM-30 “Smerch” MLRS (2,790 projectiles), and 155mm artillery pieces (196 rounds),” the JCCC said. “The enemy has also used two U.S.-made attack drones.”   On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect Donbass residents from Ukrainian aggression. Prior to that, LPR and DPR Heads Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin asked the Russian leader to provide military assistance. The LPR militia and Russian armed forces fully liberated the LPR territory from Ukrainian armed formations on July 3.   The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014.  The peace talks that began soon thereafter failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.   The Lugansk People’s Republic became a part of Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*v