Luhansk Region Comes Under Russian Control, Defense Ministry Reports

The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that the entire territory of the Luhansk region has finally come under Moscow's control. "The liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic is complete," the statement said.

The agency also noted that in the last 24 hours, Russian forces have made progress in two more directions, taking control of the villages of Verkhnyaya Pisarivka in the Kharkiv region and Boykovoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.