Ukraine-Russia crisis, Donbass separatist leaders order “general mobilization” and appeal to the reservists of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk. The leader of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, announced that he had “signed a decree for general mobilization”. In a video message reported by the Tass agency, he asks his “fellow reservists” to present themselves to military offices. “I appeal to all the men of the republic capable of taking up a weapon to defend their families, their children, their wives, their mothers“, wrote Pushilin on Telegram addressing the reservists.
Also the leader of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s RepublicLeonid Pasechnik, announced the signing of a decree for “general mobilization”. This was reported by Sputnik after similar news on what Pushilin had decided.
THE Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine, meanwhile, underline how the evacuation of the population continues from the region denouncing attacks in the night. More than 6,000 people, including 2,400 children, have been relocated from the area. Accommodations were prepared in the southern Russian region of Rostov. This morning from Donetsk, separatists have denounced dozens of shots fired at their territory since midnight, while the leaders of Luhansk have denounced violations of the ceasefire. News that cannot be independently verified. The parties regularly exchange accusations. The OSCE reported an increase in ceasefire violations in the Donbass.
Meanwhile, around 25,000 have left the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic and another 10,000 people will leave the area. This was stated, according to reports from the Tass agency, by the emergency minister of the self-proclaimed republic Yevgeny Katsavalov. “About 25,000 have crossed the border with their own vehicles – he said -. An organized convoy for the transfer of 10,000 people is being organized”.
BIDEN: “RUSSIA ATTACK IN THE NEXT DAYS”
“We have reason to believe that Russian forces are planning to attack Ukraine in the next few days. We believe they will target the capital Kiev, a city inhabited by 2.8 million innocent citizens.” So last night, US President Joe Biden from the White House updated on the developments of the Ukrainian crisis, explaining that he bases his belief on “significant intelligence resources”.
The American president, however, left the door open to negotiations with Moscow: “Russia can still choose diplomacy. It is not too late for a de-escalation and to return to the negotiating table. Diplomacy is always a possibility”.
Biden first contacted allies in North America and Europe. “Despite Russia’s attempt to divide us, the US and its allies have remained united: we have seen an impressive message of unity, determination and decision,” he stressed. “We are speaking openly and repeatedly about Russian plans not because we want war, but because we are doing everything in our power to eliminate any reason that Russia might give as a pretext for the invasion,” she said.
Biden then returned to attack Russia’s “disinformation”: “We see repeated violations of the ceasefire with Russia’s attempt to provoke Ukraine in the Donbass.” “We – he added – continue to see more and more disinformation about a massive Kiev attack” on the self-proclaimed separatist republics. “But there are simply no testimonies” about it and it defies common sense to believe that Ukraine is choosing this moment with 150,000 soldiers on the border for a military escalation.
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