On March 3, in Novoaidar settlement, advance units of the People's Militia of the LPR, advancing on the settlement from the south, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, moving towards it from the north, met.
The historic meeting took place at the checkpoint at the entrance to the city, where representatives of the parties discussed the current situation and began coordinating further actions to liberate the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the capture of the settlement, Russian servicemen also seized military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including armored personnel carriers, combat reconnaissance and patrol vehicles and other equipment.