DPR people's militia serviceman on the road near a liberated village in the Donetsk People's RepublicDONETSK, March 6Specialists of the Donetsk People's Republic have begun to restore infrastructure in a number of settlements that have come under the control of the DPR, according to the Republic's Ministry of Emergency Situations. these villages will be provided with everything necessary,» the ministry said in a message on the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to the agency, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR, Colonel of the Civil Protection Service Andrey Agarkov held an off-site meeting of the interdepartmental operational headquarters on Saturday in Mirny. A work plan was outlined for the restoration of the territories. In particular, in Talakovka, Novoselovka, Pavlopol and Mirny, the distribution of humanitarian aid from food and hygiene kits was organized. In the last two settlements, specialists from the Donbassgaz Group of Companies examined the gas supply system and delivered liquefied gas to the residents. «An acute problem in each liberated settlement is the lack of electricity. as well as power lines of settlements from explosive objects, so that repair teams can safely start restoration work,» the Ministry of Emergency Situations added. According to the ministry’s forecasts, all social benefits will be paid here in the near future, communications will be connected. In recent weeks, the situation in Donbass has escalated: Kyiv has concentrated most of its 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 Lugansk People's Republics. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report>> In the DPR, two people were injured during shelling by Ukrainian troops
