WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 On Sunday, February 20, U.S. President Joe Biden «will hold a meeting National Security Council on the situation in Ukraine,» White House press secretary Psaki said on the website of the administration of the American leader. «Tomorrow the president will hold a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Ukraine,» Psaki said. This week, the situation on the line of contact in Donbass has become seriously aggravated — Kiev ignores all the agreements reached earlier, concentrated most of the army on the border with the DPR and LPR and regularly fires on the militias, including using prohibited equipment. Due to the threat of invasion from Ukraine, the self-proclaimed republics began the evacuation of women, children and elderly people in the Rostov region, and also announced a general mobilization. More». What refugees from Donbass have facedThe conflict in eastern Ukraine has been going on for eight years, during which time, according to the United Nations, more than 13 thousand people have become its victims, and about 44 thousand more have suffered. The de-escalation of the situation is discussed at the meetings of the contact group. The Minsk agreements are taken as a basis, which provide for a constitutional reform, a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Tensions in the Donbass are escalated by the United States and other NATO countries, pumping weapons to Ukraine and sending military instructors there. Moscow has repeatedly called for a halt in the supply of military equipment, as this could provoke Kiev into adventures. /2022/02/78a847af9f40e02468d6cd56c92c275a.jpg» />Yesterday, 11:15 InfographicHow the situation in Donbas developedInfographicViewPosted by: Grigory Ivashkin
