Ukrainian servicemen on the line of contact in the Donetsk region. File photoDONETSK, Feb. 22 Ukrainian security forces shelled the settlement of Dzerzhinskoye in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, firing 12 shells from large-caliber artillery, according to the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire (JCCC)Po According to the representative office, the shelling took place at 7.15 a.m. from the direction of the village of Vodyanoe. The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. It primarily concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization.The development of the situation in Donbass is in the online report >>
