Basurin said that the DPR will return the territory peacefully

Eduard BasurinDONETSK, Feb 24The Donetsk People's Republic will return the territory peacefully, but «everything can change,» Eduard Basurin, official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «because we know what it is. Therefore, they will first try, as was said, by peaceful means. But everything can change, because Ukraine purposefully escalates the situation and unleashes hostilities. In case this happens, those countermeasures which we will apply in relation to them, can and will help us regain the borders that we lost in 2014,» he said. . 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. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. President Vladimir Putin on February 21 in a televised address announced the immediate recognition of the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR and signed the corresponding decrees. He also instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the republics. As the head of state explained, he made such a decision, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. Their leaders addressed the President of Russia with requests to recognize the independence of the republics.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report>> Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled three settlements in the DPR in 15 minutes, Donetsk saidPosted: Maksim Gorbachev