LPR People's Militia has liberated the townships of Luganskoye and Mironovskiy, the Defense's spokesman Ivan Filiponenko said.

"The People's Militia continues its victorious march, as its units liberated Svetlodarsk, Luganskoye, Mironovskiy and Toshkovka yesterday (May 24)," he said.

On February 24, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Donbass to protect residents of the region from Ukrainian aggression. Earlier, the Heads of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin, requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to provide military assistance. *t