Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin, the heads of the self-proclaimed LPR and DPR, announced the evacuation of residents of the republics to Russian territory in connection with the growing threat of hostilities. Last night, eight settlements in the Donbass were shelled. A general mobilization has been announced in the DPR. broadcasts online about the latest events in the region. 9:55 A queue of 400-500 cars with residents of Donbass who want to enter the Rostov region has accumulated at checkpoints.
9:54 Issuance of a one-time assistance in the amount of 10 thousand rubles. refugees arriving in the Rostov region from the DPR and LPR will begin in the near future - there are no problems with organizing the issuance of money, said State Duma deputy from the region Viktor Vodolatsky.
“People are registering, specialists check with them whether they have cards of Russian banks. The Ministry of Labor has already received money from the federal budget. Now the distribution of this money will begin. There are no problems with their extradition,” he informed.
9:51 “In connection with the immediate threat of aggression against the DPR from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, I decide to announce and conduct mobilization throughout the republic, to carry out the call of citizens who are in reserve. The government of the DPR should provide funding for mobilization activities,” Pshenichnaya said.
9:50 The People's Council of the DPR approved a general mobilization throughout the republic. According to a TASS correspondent from the meeting room, the document was presented by the chairman of the People's Council Committee on Ethics, Regulations and Organization of the Work of the DPR People's Council Natalya Pshenichnaya.
9:48 The head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that several terrorist attacks by Ukrainian special services had been prevented in the DPR in recent days.
“Large-scale shelling by Ukraine of the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics is underway. They hit us with mortars, grenade launchers, anti-tank missile systems, heavy machine guns, small arms, cannon artillery, and fire from tanks. The people's militia is holding back the enemy with return fire," he said in a video message.
9:46 The arrival of about 25 thousand civilians evacuated from the LPR is expected at the border of the Rostov region by noon on Saturday, Viktor Vodolatsky, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, told TASS.
“Much more are leaving the territory of the LPR. The leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR declares 25 thousand. But this number includes those who will leave today. Around 11:00 - 12:00 approximately 25,000 people will be at the border,” he said.
9:40 “Concessions will not stop Russia from invading. We must show strength by supporting Ukraine. We must ensure that a tough package of sanctions is in place in the event of an emergency. We have already agreed on these sanctions with our allies in the G7 and the EU, including Germany,” said British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
9:39 Britain agreed with the G7 and the EU sanctions against Russia in the event of an invasion of Ukraine.
9:24 Six railway trains of 10 wagons each have been formed to evacuate residents of Donbass to the Rostov region, a TASS source in emergency services reports.
9:10 Psychologists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia are recruited to work with evacuees from the DPR and LPR, TASS reports.
9:08 The head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, signed a decree on general mobilization.
“I call on fellow countrymen who are in reserve to come to the military commissariats. Today I signed a decree on general mobilization,” he said in a video message on Saturday.
9:05 US authorities' claims that Russia is responsible for the escalation in the situation around Ukraine cannot be understood otherwise than as an attempt to put pressure on Moscow and devalue its security proposals, said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov.
9:04 The DPR said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired about 50 mines of various calibers at Dokuchaevsk overnight. The shelling was carried out after 04:20, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime.
9:03 The LPR reported that the Ukrainian security forces violated the silence regime 31 times a day. They are said to have used 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, SPG-9 and RPG-7 mounted anti-tank grenade launchers, AGS-17 automatic mounted grenade launchers, a heavy machine gun and a 122 mm artillery piece.
9:01 On Saturday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 27 mines with a caliber of 120 mm in the area of the village of Styla and 7 mines of the same caliber in the village of Gagarin Mine in the DPR.
9:00 A train is being prepared in the LPR to evacuate residents to Russia. Its total capacity will be about 500 seats.
8:59 a.m. The DPR asked for a round-the-clock operation of the Ulnovskoye-Shramko pedestrian checkpoint.
8:56 The DPR reported that the Ukrainian army fired on the republic from five directions.8:54 "n. settlement Novotoshkivske - Donetsk: mortar 120 mm (15 min); n. Trekhizbenka village - Slavyanoserbsk: 120 mm mortar (9 min)," the ceasefire was reported at the representative office of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination on Saturday.
8:53 In the LPR, they reported shelling from heavy mortars in the regions of Donetsk and Slavyanoserbsk.
8:45 Seriously ill patients from DPR medical facilities were evacuated by ambulances to Russia, a TASS source said. For the evacuation of residents of the republic, buses of public utilities, as well as private carriers, were involved. Many travel by private transport.
“There are enough forces and means for the removal of residents,” he stressed.
8:41 "05:20 - n. Bakhchevik village - n. Red October: 15 shells fired 122 mm; 05:30 - n. n. Starognatovka - n. Starolaspa settlement: 12 shells fired with a caliber of 122 mm; 05:30 - n. n. Nikolaevka - n. Dokuchaevsk settlement: 18 mines fired with a caliber of 120 mm; 06:05 - n. n. Lebedinsky - n. Nameless: fired 12 mines with a caliber of 120 mm; 06:15 - n. n. Water - n. Veseloye: fired 8 mines with a caliber of 120 mm, ”the message says.
8:40 AFU fired 27 shells and 38 mines in the areas of five settlements of the DPR. This was announced on Saturday in its Telegram channel by the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime.
8:30 US President Joe Biden: "We have reason to believe that Russian forces intend to invade Ukraine in the next week, in the coming days."
8:25 In the LPR, they reported shelling from mortars of three settlements of the republic - Pervomaisk, Metallist and Slavyanoserbsk suffered.
8:22 As of 06:30 on February 19, 6,603 people were evacuated from the DPR, of which 2,436 children were the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the republic.
08:20 Good morning, dear readers! broadcasts online about the latest events in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, where an emergency evacuation of the population was announced the day before.
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