People lay flowers at the Monument to Soldiers-Internationalists during a ceremony commemorating the 37th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in central Lugansk, Lugansk People's Republic, Russia. Under the April 1988 Geneva agreements, the Soviet Union started the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan on May 15, 1988, which was completed on February 15, 1989. According to official sources, over 14,000 Soviet soldiers and officers were killed in action during the war, which officially lasted 9 years.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Lugansk, Russia
- Event date: 15.02.2026
- Date published: 15.02.2026
- Author: Evgeny Biyatov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 7702x5135px, 13.1Mb
- Job-ID: 42fc2e7e70151a92