Flag of AlbaniaBELGRADE, February 21 Russian Ambassador to Albania Mikhail Afanasyev was summoned to the country's Foreign Ministry after the words of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov about the possible recruitment of mercenaries to participate in the conflict in the Donbass, RIA Novosti was told in the diplomatic mission. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier in an interview with RT that the Russian side and Herzegovina are recruiting mercenaries to be sent to Donbass.
Russia is checking information about the recruitment of mercenaries in the Balkans to Donbass»We confirm that the Russian ambassador to Albania was summoned to the Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a demarche was expressed to him by the Albanian side in connection with the above words of the minister. The embassy can not add anything on this subject, except for the words of Sergei Viktorovich Lavrov that this information is now being rechecked,» — soo The situation in the Donbass has escalated in recent days, the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR announced a lot of shelling by the Ukrainian security forces. The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. It primarily concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization.
