Kiev forces have shelled the Lugansk People’s Republic 1,324 times using heavy weapons since the beginning of the special military operation (SVO) on February 24, the LPR Office at the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine’s war crimes (JCCC) reported.
“Since the start of the SVO, the LPR Office at the JCCC has recorded 1,324 strikes at LPR areas by Ukrainian armed formations which used heavy weapons,” the JCCC said.
As of December 16, the JCCC reported 1,313 Kiev army strikes at the LPR since the beginning of the SVO.
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
