Deputy head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Natalya Poklonskaya, turned to Telegram to Russians and Ukrainians and urged them not to take up arms.

She stressed that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky “understands very well that he is pushing his own people into the abyss of bloodshed,” but he cannot sit down at the negotiating table and call to account state war criminals who “mocked people in Kiev, burned people alive in Odessa and those who bombed the Donbass," because "he himself is a hostage in the hands of these criminals."

“But people can stop. Don't take a weapon, but hand it over. Let the Kiev authorities not hide behind the backs of ordinary people, but be responsible for the crimes committed against Ukrainians since 2014,” Poklonskaya said.

She also pointed out that Russians and Ukrainians are native and all the peoples of Russia wish peace and restoration to Ukraine.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a military special operation to protect the Donbass in response to a request for help from the heads of the LPR and DPR.

Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has submitted a bill on general mobilization to the Verkhovna Rada.

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