DPR soldier on the front line near the village of Staromikhaylovka in western Donetsk. Archival photoMOSCOW, Feb. 18 Cossack groups, groups of volunteers and volunteers are being formed in Crimea, who are ready to go to the LPR and DPR to help, if necessary, said Andrei Kozenko, coordinator of the Russia-Donbass Integration Committee. «I am sure that Russia will in no way offend its fellow citizens and those who live in the Donbass today. And the Crimeans will certainly help: Cossack groups are already being formed that are ready to leave for the fraternal republics, volunteers, volunteers. We will help , Crimea will by no means stand aside,» Kozenko said on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.Crimea is ready to receive residents of the DPR and LPR, said the Russia-Donbass committee. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. The DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that about 700,000 people were planned to be evacuated from this self-proclaimed republic. Representatives of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics said on Thursday morning that the Ukrainian armed forces 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. , Kiev deliberately 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. Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov claims that Kiev does not plan any military actions and military operations. As he said on Thursday, Ukraine intends to act in a political and diplomatic way. Western countries that provide diplomatic and military support to Kiev, during the last series of meetings and negotiations, repeatedly called on Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. In particular, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that all parties must adhere to them. According to Scholz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised to submit draft laws on the special status of Donbass, constitutional reform and suffrage for discussion in the contact group on Ukraine. />Pushilin announced an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to cross the line of contact in the DNROPosted: Daria Buimova
