He said this on the air of Channel One.
“If we take in percentage terms, then 95% of the territory of the republic is under our control and we are already liberating 5%,” TASS quoted him as saying.
On May 20, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the groupings of the forces of Russia, the LPR and the DPR continue to liberate the territories of Donbass.
He added that the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic is nearing completion.