The Motherland Monument in Kiev. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 22The United States is trying to help individual Ukrainians and groups of the country's population, who, according to the American authorities, are at risk of being persecuted by Russia, a senior White House official told reporters. among the local population. «We have warned individuals and populations that we think may become targets of persecution, based on our understanding and knowledge of Russian plans, in order to give them the opportunity to protect themselves or move to safe places,» — he said during a telephone briefing. On Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation, saying that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness, did not recognize and do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. Immediately after the address, the President in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR. LPR 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.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report >>
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