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DONETSK, February 18 The evacuation of Donetsk residents has begun due to the aggravation of the situation in Donbass, a correspondent reports RIA Novosti.
The authorities of the self-proclaimed republic distributed information on the places and time of the gathering on official resources. In each district of the city there are points where people will be waiting for buses. Children from orphanages are now preparing to leave the city, the agency's correspondent reports. , which organizes a mass evacuation of the population from the DPR from Friday in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. The head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, also called on residents to evacuate to Russia. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know what was happening in Donbass amid Pushilin's statements. He also noted that he did not know if this was agreed with someone. The day before, the Donbass republics said that the situation on the line of contact had escalated — Kiev was ignoring all the agreements reached earlier. At the same time, Ukraine claims that they intend to solve the problem through political and diplomatic means. The conflict in eastern Ukraine has been going on for almost eight years, during which time, according to the UN, more than 13,000 people have become victims, and about 44,000 more have suffered. The de-escalation is being discussed at a meeting of the contact group in the Belarusian capital, based on the Minsk agreements.