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epa09853296 Militias of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Russian servicemen hand out the humanitarian aid for locals of Trokhizbenka, Luhansk region, Ukraine, 27 March 2022. Chairman of the Government of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Sergey Kozlov, reported that as of March 22, the retreating Kyiv (Kiev) security forces had blown up 22 bridges, but that the Republic would restore them, and that Russia will assist in the restoration and construction of infrastructure in the Republic. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia. EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY