OSCE Flag MOSCOW, Feb 23The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) stated that over the past 24 hours it registered 528 ceasefire violations around the DPR and 1,182 ceasefire violations around the LPR. region, the mission recorded 1,182 violations of the ceasefire, including 1,075 explosions,» the statement says. The situation in Donbass has escalated in recent days, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have reported a lot of shelling by 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. 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. 02/5f4d084917a1c0602aed38c9236a5b54.jpg» />Zelensky may be pushed to attack Donbass, Pushilin saidPosted by: Petr Popadyuk
