Russian air defense units have shot down two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Lugansk People’s Republic in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“Over the past 24 hours, two enemy drones were shot down in the Kolomyichikha and Kremennaya settlement areas in the Lugansk People’s Republic, and four HIMARS and “Uragan” MLRS missiles were intercepted in the areas of the Konstantinovka, Nikolksoye, Blagoveschenka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Trudolyubimovka in the Zaprorozhye region,” the report said.
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.
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.
The Donbass Republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions acceded to Russia on September 30, 2022 following the unification referenda.*i*ie
