The mayor's office of the capital of Abkhazia, Sukhum, declared its readiness to accept refugees from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. This was reported on the website of the city administration.

“The administration of the city of Sukhum, in connection with the aggravation of the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, suggested that the heads of the administration of Donetsk and Luhansk, if necessary, receive residents of the cities in the capital of Abkhazia,” the report says.

The heads of the DPR and LPR announced the evacuation of the civilian population today, February 18. Such a need in the republics was explained by an offensive operation, which is allegedly being prepared by the Ukrainian military. According to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, the Donetsk military daily records the increase in the number of lethal weapons by the Ukrainian army, including the Smerch and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, as well as the American Javelin and Stinger man-portable missile systems.

Subsequently, the preparation of an offensive in the Donbass was denied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. A similar statement was made by the secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov.

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