People at the assembly point of the military enlistment office in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk before being sent to active unitsMOSCOW, February 28 General mobilization in the Donetsk People's Republic is suspended, said the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin. «As for mobilization, it is suspended, because the required number of those areas that the mobilization campaign was aimed at have already been filled,» Pushilin said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel «On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which had declared their independence from Kyiv back in 2014, and early in the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to fellow citizens, Putin said that circumstances “require decisive and immediate action,” as the Donbass republics asked for help. According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. In recent weeks, the situation in the Donbass has escalated: Kyiv has concentrated most of its army on the line of contact and regularly shells the DPR and LPR, using prohibited equipment. Due to the threat of Ukraine's invasion, the DPR and LPR began the evacuation of women, children and the elderly to Russian regions. A general mobilization was announced. In this situation, on February 19, the leaders of the republics turned to Russia with a request to recognize their independence. 5cf043d81c9592f977ffdb20e6c9f128.jpg» />Disarm and defuse: Demilitarization of UkrainePosted by Olga Fomchenkova
