Kiev is not led to provocations and intends to achieve peace through diplomacy. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, reports TASS.
According to him, the Ukrainian security and defense forces are in full control of the situation.
The situation on the line of contact in eastern Ukraine escalated on the morning of February 17. The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) reported the most active shelling by the armed forces of Ukraine in recent months.
The day before, the population of the republics began to be evacuated to the Rostov region. Later, acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan said that 26 Russian regions expressed their readiness to accept refugees from Donbass. Both the DPR and the LPR declared general mobilization.
Earlier, the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic published a plan for the offensive of the armed forces of Ukraine in the Donbass.
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