Putin ordered guarantees for the admission of refugees from eastern Ukraine, while the United States and Britain continue to argue that Russia may find an excuse to invade Ukraine.Photo: Flip through Putin’s Facebook
The rebel-held city of central Donnetsk in eastern Ukraine earlier exploded near a government building. Ukraine attempted three sabotage operations in the Donbass on Friday, a spokesman for the pro-Russian group Donetsk Republic said. The “Luhansk People’s Republic” also complained that in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops “fired 29 times” on the territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic. Before that, the “Donetsk Republic” and the “Luhansk Republic” announced the start of a mass evacuation of civilians to Russia.
Denis Pushilin, leader of the pro-Russian organization “Donnetsk People’s Republic” in eastern Ukraine, mentioned on the 18th that the evacuation of residents from the Ukraine-Russia border to southeastern Russia has begun. Women and the elderly, who plan to evacuate some 700,000 people to Russia, declared: “Unfortunately, the situation in the Donbass is heading for war”. The attack would result in a large number of casualties.
Ukraine says those who govern the Donetsk People’s Republic are not separatists but Russian proxies, but Russia denies it. At present, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered that the acting minister of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations should immediately go to the Rostov region to provide protection for the reception of refugees from eastern Ukraine, and instructed the relevant departments to inform everyone entering the Rostov region. 10,000 rubles in aid for refugees from eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military has denied launching an attack on the Donbas region over two consecutive days of shelling in the two self-declared independent provinces of Donnetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, while European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said: On the 18th, he warned that once the Ukraine crisis escalates, the EU may face a new wave of refugees, which will not only pose a major threat to European security, but may also lead to a large influx of refugees into the EU. He pointed out: “It is estimated that the number of refugees may reach 20,000. to one million.”
