Security forces of the LPR withdrew 40 civilians from the city of Popasnaya, who were held by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

“As a result of the successful military operations of the allied units, it was possible to release one of the premises in which the Ukrainian Nazis held civilians captive,” the press service of the People’s Militia said.

The LPR fighter specified that about 40 people were evacuated.

“They were held hostage.

Until our people were knocked out, they did not let them go,” he said.

As the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said earlier, the entire city of Popasnaya in the Lugansk People's Republic "will soon be free."