According to him, long-range artillery and MLRS supplied to Ukraine by the West reach the territory of the LPR.
“Therefore, the territory has been liberated, but the fighting, the war does not end - we must push the enemy to a territory that is safe for us at least,” RIA Novosti quoted Pasechnik as saying on Channel One.
He added that "no one canceled the task of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine."
On July 3, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the liberation of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Army General Shoigu noted that as a result of successful hostilities, full control was established over Lisichansk and a number of nearby settlements.