LPR finalizes formation of local administrations

All the local administration in the LPR have been formed, the LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik said.

"Today the formation of the administrations of towns and regions has been completed," he said in a post on his Telegram channel.

The final appointment was announced today, as Andrey Skoryi became the acting head of Lisichansk administartion.

The Republic declared the full liberation of its territory on July 3, as Ukrainian forces were driven away from their last pocket in Lisichansk, shorty after LPR forces liberated Severodonetsk that used to be the main hideout of Ukrainian militants.

Ukraine has been carrying out a military crackdown against Donbass since 2014. Multiple announcements of ceasefires failed to stabilize the situation. The simmering armed conflict escalated rapidly in February this year, and sent Donbass barrelling towards an unprecedented bloodshed.

Russia intervened on February 24 by launching a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine and bring peace back to Donbass. *t