The return of the village did not violate the Minsk peace agreements.
Ukrainian civil volunteer and activist Yuriy Mysyagin has said the Ukrainian army has liberated several villages and taken control of several strategic heights at the Svitlodarska Duha bulge in Donbas, eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has greeted the residents of three towns in Donbas - Severodonetsk, Lysychansk and Rubizhne – on the third anniversary of their liberation from the Russian-hybrid forces.