Putin orders to demobilize Donbass students, return them to studies - Peskov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to demobilize the students of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics and return them to their places of study, the president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

 

“Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered to carry out demobilization of DPR and LPR students who were called up for military service and organize their return to the places of study,” Russia’s news agency TASS quoted Peskov as saying.

 

The Donbass region had mobilized students before its accession to Russia.

 

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