Pulation of Luhansk region down by 40% since Russian occupation

That’s according to the Center for National Resistance, Ukrinform reports.

“According to the occupiers, the pulation of Luhansk region is 1.5 million, which is 40%, or one million below the figures recorded when Russia occupied certain areas in 2014. In this case, the trend toward a pulation dr has prevailed. The depulation of the region is accompanied by the resettlement of Russian nationals, brainwashing of children, and mass mobilization of ethnic Ukrainians for war against their native country,” the report reads.

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It is noted that the enemy forces have been actively deporting the local pulation under the pretext of evacuation and pursued a filtration picy, moving pele out of the area by entire villages.

"This is a war crime under the Rome Statute, and everyone invved will be prosecuted because the de-occupation of the region is a matter of time," the CNR stressed.

According to Ukrinform, residents of the temporarily occupied territories are forced to donate blood for the Russian military.

Photo: Luhansk Regional Military Administration