LIVE UPDATES: Ukrainian Forces Shell Donetsk Republic Using Grad Missiles – DPR

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Moscow launched the special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk requested help to defend them from intensifying attacks by Ukrainian forces.

On 3 July, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that the Russian military together with LPR troops had gained control over the whole of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) from Ukrainian forces.

As a result of successful military activities of the Russian armed forces, along with combat units of the LPR forces, full control of the city of Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements had been achieved.

At the same time, Ukrainian forces continue to shell the territory of the DPR and LPR.

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