Group on search for burial sites finds remains of Ukrainian servicemen in Popasnaya

The field team of the Interdepartmental  Group on the search for burial sites of Ukrainian aggression victims, identification and perpetuation of their memory (MRG) has found bodies of Kiev servicemen in Popasnaya who were abandoned by their retreating colleagues in the spring of 2022.

“The field team has found remains of gunmen from Ukrainian armed formations abandoned by their “brothers-in-arms” in the battlefield during retreat. The bodies will be handed over to Ukraine in an exchange of killed servicemen,” the MRG said on Telegram.

LPR militia units entered Popasnaya in early March 2022 and then methodically cleared the town of separate groups of Kiev forces and nationalistic battalions members, pushing the enemy into the northwestern part. The town had come under full control of the People’s Militia by May 9.

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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.

Russian 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*ыи