Windows damaged by shelling in a school building in Donetsk. File photoDONETSK, Feb. 23Ukrainian security forces carried out shelling at three settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic in 50 minutes, including using prohibited projectiles, the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC) reported. According to the DPR statement, the shelling was recorded in the period from 12.10 to 13.00 (coincides with Moscow time), were carried out in the settlements of Shirokaya Balka, Nikolaevka and Petrovskoye. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 16 mines with a caliber of 120 millimeters, as well as five LNG grenades. 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. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may soon order the military to go on the offensive, 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 Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. On Monday, after the Security Council meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and stated that he considers it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of Donetsk and Luhansk 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 killings of civilians and the blockade do 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/a30298166de06765394dce465c5050f6.jpg» />Yesterday, 19:08InfographicDonetsk and Luhansk People's RepublicsInfographicViewPosted by: Daria Buymova
