Employees of the military commandant's office near a car that burned down as a result of shelling in the Kievsky district of DonetskDONETSK, March 1 One person was killed, another was injured during the shelling of Donetsk, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC) said. Born in 1969, another man born in 1959 was wounded,» the message reads. weeks, the situation in the Donbass has escalated: Kyiv has concentrated most of the army on the line of contact and is regularly shelling 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. 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 on February 24, Russia began 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. /b8282d58cc0aac89225cc3408a6d185d.jpg» /> Not one step back — on all three fronts
