Electricity and gas supply to Rubezhnoye is as good as restored, acting mayor Sergey Khortiv told the Lugansk Media Center.   “Power and gas lines are 99 percent restored and water is supplied to 85 percent of customers,” Khortiv said.   The most challenging task was to repair the water lines to single family homes because of extensive damage to the mains, especially in the Zabirkino neighborhood in the south of the town, he said.    The town is using its own resources to carry out repairs, the mayor said.   “We had no contractors; the materials provided by Luganskvoda were used immediately.  There is a problem with water supply to tenantless apartment buildings in the winter, but we hope to resolve it before the beginning of the heating season,” he said.   ***   Rubezhnoye was liberated from Kiev forces in May 2022.   The Ukrainian government launched the so-called anti-terrorist operation against Donbass in April 2014.  The peace talks failed to reach tangible results due to Kiev’s position to settle the conflict by force.   President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation  on February 24, 2022 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 Lugansk People’s Republic acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*ie