Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“Russia’s Ministry of Defence says its forces have taken full control of the Luhansk region [which seceded in 2014 from Ukraine], suggesting they have wrested control of an area that had remained beyond their grasp since the beginning of their 2022 invasion. ‘Units of the ‘West’ military grouping have completed the liberation of the Luhansk People’s Republic,’ the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, using Moscow’s preferred name for the [former] Ukrainian region. There was no immediate confirmation of the development from Ukraine.” (04/01/26)