Lugansk People’s Republic Acting Head Leonid Pasechnik has ordered to liquidate the LPR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in connection with the Republic’s accession to Russia.
“<...>I hereby order to liquidate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Lugansk People’s Republic,” Pasechnik’s decree said.
The documents set up the liquidation commission to be chaired by the Republic’s Foreign Minister Vladislav Deinego. The liquidation has to be completed by June 1, 2023.
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
