Russia Claims Full Control Of Luhansk As Fighting Continues In Eastern Ukraine

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Europe Bureau ChiefKYIV/MOSCOW (Worthy News) – Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Friday that Russian forces had completed the capture of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, marking what Moscow described as a major milestone in the war, although Ukraine had not confirmed the claim and independent verification was not immediately possible.Speaking during a visit to a Russian military command post overseeing operations in Ukraine, Putin said Russian troops h