The Russian army claims complete control of Lugansk.
The Russian army now controls 100% of the Lugansk region. In addition, they control 99% of the Donetsk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions.
According to RIA Novosti, the head of Lugansk, Leonid Pasechnik, stated on Channel One on June 30 that Russian troops have taken control of the entire territory of the Lugansk LPR.
"There was a report two days ago that the territory of Lugansk has been completely liberated – 100%," Pasechnik said.
According to the head of Lugansk, since the end of last year, the Russian army has accelerated its offensive in Donbass. In January 2025, fighter jets liberated Novohorivka in Lugansk, and by the end of February - Novolyubovka.
Just before that, in December 2024, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov stated that the Ukrainian armed forces controlled less than 100% of the region's territory. By March 2025, President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian army had liberated 99% of the Lugansk region. Putin also added that more than 70% of the territories of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions had been liberated.
On June 30, President Putin declared the need for a strong restart of the economies of the Donbass and Novorossiya regions, which are now part of Russia, so that people can return to their homelands.
"At this new stage, we need to realize this enormous potential, ensure the restart and vigorous development of the economies of our historic regions, strengthen their financial base, and increase their self-sufficiency. All the resources and opportunities are available for this. The main thing is that all the people see the changes for the better, return home. They have worked, studied, raised their children, and planned for the future in their homeland," the Russian leader said at a meeting on the socio-economic development of these regions.
