Strong explosion in Donetsk, in the pro-Russian separatist region of Donbass, in eastern Ukraine. According to the correspondent of the news agency Sputnik, the explosion occurred a few tens of meters from the building that houses the government of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk. According to news not yet verified and reported online, the explosion that took place in Donetsk would be that of a car in a parking lot. The reasons for the explosion are not yet clear.
A few hours earlier the authorities of the separatist republic Donetsk had sent the residents a text message containing instructions for evecuazioe. The message invites the population not to panic and to go to the various evacuation centers with documents, basic necessities and supplies of food and water.
Vladimir just today Putin denounced a “worsening of the situation in eastern Ukraine”. Due to the actions of Kiev, said the president of the Russian Federation, “there has been a worsening of the situation in the Donbass“.
In his press conference in Moscow, the Russian president in particular denounced “systematic and massive violations of human rights” in the Donbass region and “discrimination against the Russian-speaking population” in Ukraine. The threat of new Western sanctions seriously violates international law and the country “will have to strengthen from within” to counteract their effect. “This is pressure through sanctions, it is absolutely illegal, a major violation of international law that those who talk about it now are only interested in if it benefits them. And when it doesn’t suit them then they forget all the rules of law. international, “he added. “The only way to overcome this state of affairs is to strengthen ourselves from within.”
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