View of Rome, Italy ROME Feb. 28 Italy has declared a state of emergency until the end of the year for assistance to refugees arriving in European countries from Ukraine, the message says following a meeting of the government of the country held on Monday. Communications, he approved the declaration of a state of emergency until December 31, 2022, aimed at providing assistance to the Ukrainian population in the country due to the ongoing serious international crisis,» the communiqué reads.Germany allocated 15 million euros for humanitarian aid to UkraineRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine early on Thursday, February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia stressed.
