PUTIN AT FRONTLINE: 'LPR Fully Liberated,' Hails Russian Offensive, Focuses on Kherson Operations

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russian forces had fully completed the capture of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and were continuing offensive operations in the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine. Speaking at a military command post alongside Valery Gerasimov, Putin said Russian troops had taken control of 133 settlements and more than 3,000 square kilometres of territory since the start of the year, while efforts to establish buffer zones along parts of the Russia-Ukraine border were continuing.