Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken meeting in Geneva. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 22US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has not yet canceled a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, scheduled for Thursday, CNN reports, citing sources in the State Department. It is noted, however, that high-ranking officials have been discussing this decision all day. departments of the Russian Federation and the United States is scheduled for February 24 in Geneva. The situation in the Donbass has escalated in recent days, the DPR and LPR have 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, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to the Russian Federation with a request for recognition. Ukraine to warPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin on Monday after a meeting of the Security Council addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and said that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. He noted that the world prefers not to notice the horror and genocide in the Donbass, not a single day goes by without shelling, the killing of civilians, the blockade does not stop. As the president stated, in case of further bloodshed in the Donbass, the entire responsibility will be on the Kiev regime. Immediately after the appeal, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR. In his decrees, Putin instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the DPR and LPR by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. 02/68d8410e52026af9668e749a0f3e2f47.jpg» />The situation in Ukraine could «deteriorate without warning», Blinken saidPosted by: Nikita Stoma
