On March 12, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced the possible imminent arrival of volunteers from the Middle East to help the armed forces of the Donbass republics.
According to him, the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has received a large number of applications from residents of the Middle East, faced with “rabid radicalism” that has much in common with Ukrainian neo-Nazism.
“There are thousands and thousands of volunteers who are ready to come. I do not rule out that in the very near future they will be with us in the neighboring trenches, shoulder to shoulder with our units for the liberation of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as the Luhansk People’s Republic,” Pushilin emphasized on the air.Russia 1“.
Earlier that day, military expert Viktor Baranets, in an interview with Izvestia, noted that volunteers from the Middle East who declared their desire to help protect Donbass are hardened military personnel with extensive experience working with Russian colleagues.
On March 11, during a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that more than 16 thousand people want to voluntarily go to the DPR and LPR. Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the initiative to send the military to the war zone in the Donbass. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the volunteers are mostly Syrians.
On February 28, in Voronezh and Belgorod, volunteers wanted to join the Armed Forces (AF) of Russia. The young people told Izvestia that they were prompted to make this decision by the valor and heroism shown by Russian troops during the operation to protect civilians in Donbass.
The situation in the DPR and LPR escalated significantly in mid-February due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the republics announced the evacuation of residents in the Russian Federation, and also turned to Moscow for help. On February 21, the President of Russia signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR and promised to support the republics.
Russia launched an operation to protect the civilian population of Donbass on February 24. The Russian side emphasized that it does not hatch plans for the occupation of Ukraine, and strikes are carried out only on the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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