Russia claims control over Luhansk region

A woman reacts at a makeshift memorial to Ukrainian servicemen killed in action, in Kyiv. Pic/AFP

The Russian occupation governor of Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, Leonid Pasechnik has claimed it had been entirely conquered making it the first of the four eastern Ukrainian regions Russia has annexed that it fully controls, although not everyone agreed.

Russian military reporters said two villages remained free, and pointed out that Luhansk had been declared conquered once before, in 2022, before being partially reclaimed in a Ukrainian counteroffensive in September that year. Russian forces inched towards reconquering the entire territory since that time.

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