Senator, member of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building Olga Kovitidi at a meeting of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. MOSCOW, February 18The shelling of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR is an open provocation of an armed conflict and requires an urgent response from the world community, Crimean Senator Olga Kovitidi told RIA Novosti. «Artillery shelling of Ukrainian military residents of the DPR and LPR is an open provocation armed conflict and demand an urgent response from the world community,» she said.In Donetsk, the evacuation of residents beganRepresentatives of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics said on Thursday morning that the armed forces of Ukraine had opened fire on their positions. Ruslan Yakubov, head of the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire, told RIA Novosti that Kiev is ignoring the Minsk agreements by using mortars and artillery. Representative of the LPR in the political subgroup Rodion Miroshnik told RIA Novosti that by shelling the territory of the republics of Donbass from heavy weapons, Kiev purposefully violates the ceasefire measures in Donbass signed in the summer of 2020. The representative of the People's Militia of the DPR emphasized that the artillery armament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, prohibited by the Minsk agreements and located in positions near the settlements of Donbass, indicates preparations for a forceful solution. Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov claims that Kiev is not planning any forceful actions and military operations. As he said on Thursday, Ukraine intends to act in a political and diplomatic way. The head of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, on Friday called on residents to evacuate to the Russian Federation. He also instructed the heads of territories and law enforcement officers to ensure the evacuation of social facilities and help residents to leave for the Russian Federation. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the DPR has been organizing a mass evacuation of the population from the self-proclaimed republic since Friday in connection with the threat of an invasion by Ukraine. the issue of evacuation from the DonbassPosted by: Vladimir Lavrentiev
