DPR residentsROSTOV-ON-DON, March 1 More than 5,000 evacuees from Donbas crossed checkpoints on the border with the Russian Federation in a day, reports the Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Rostov Region. on the recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, which 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. /5194f42288f05f0f0a8a59076e00ceb3.jpg» />February 22, 19:08InfographicsDonetsk and Luhansk People's RepublicsInfographicsViewPosted by: O. Markova