Demobilized LPR students to enjoy war veteran status

The demobilized students of the Lugansk People’s Republic will have the status of war veterans and receive state decorations, LPR Military Commissar Andrey Gubanov said.

 

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to demobilize the students of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics and return them to their places of study. The LPR People’s Militia has begun to work out the procedure for discharging the students from military service.

 

“Each student will have the status of war veteran, and those who distinguished themselves will receive state decorations,” Gubanov said.

 

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 became a part of Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referendum.*i*ie