35 LPR militiamen return from Ukrainian captivity - Pasechnik

Another 35 militiamen have returned from Ukrainian captivity, Lugansk People’s Republic Acting Head Leonid Pasechnik said.

 

“It would be superfluous to talk about confinement conditions: batteries, tortures...  Lugansk region heroes are exhausted but unbroken,” Pasechnik wrote on Telegram.

 

Each returnee is undergoing a medical examination, to be followed by rehabilitation, he said.

 

“The guys can hug their relatives at last. We continue to work on the release of our guys from Nazi prison cells,” the LPR leader said.

 

The LPR got back 11, nine and four militiamen in previous prisoner swaps with Ukraine. 

 

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. On July 3, the LPR militia and Russian armed forces fully liberated the LPR territory from Ukrainian armed formations.

 

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 acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022, based on the results of the unification referendum.*i*ie