The corresponding draft was published on the official portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

He amends the federal law "On Veterans", it is proposed to assign a status for "performing tasks during a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic: from February 24, 2022."

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect Donbass.

This decision was made after the request of the DPR and LPR for help.