According to the report of the OSCE monitoring mission for Ukraine, 591 cases of ceasefire violations were recorded in the Donetsk region, including 553 explosions, while 222 ceasefire violations were recorded the previous day.
In the Luhansk region, the OSCE Mission recorded 975 cases of ceasefire violations, including 860 explosions. In the previous reporting period, the ceasefire was violated 648 times. The reports do not say which side is more in violation of the ceasefire.
At the same time, the Red Cross warns that due to damage to civil infrastructure due to armed conflicts, a large number of residents may be left without electricity and water.
More than 40 residents of Donetsk and Luhansk, self-proclaimed, unrecognized people's republics, arrived in Rostov Oblast in Russia by Sunday noon, announced the acting head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Chuprian. These are mostly women with children and elderly people. The government of the Rostov Oblast announced that residents of the "Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics who have Russian citizenship and will be placed in Russia with relatives are entitled to lump-sum payments of 10.000 rubles (114 euros)."
Ukraine TensionsOn the way to temporary asylum: An elderly woman with a Russian and an unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic passport / Photo: AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov
Students from Donetsk and Luhansk will be distributed among schools in the Rostov region, the crisis press center of that region announced, and that the educational institutions of the region are ready to organize the educational process for all students who arrived from the DNR and LNR. If necessary, they will be provided with psychological help and support.
Russian refugees from the crisis area are accommodated in temporary accommodation facilities where hot meals are distributed in the Rostov region. Cuprian says that over 2 people were transported by train to Voronezh and Kursk regions. The Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that it plans to transport 20 refugees from Donbass to Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh and Kursk regions with six more trains on Sunday, February 5.000. One train with evacuated residents of Donbas was sent to Nizhny Novgorod.
Photo: AP Photo/Vadim GhirdaCollateral damage of the exchange of fire in the Luhansk region / Photo: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
After general mobilization was announced in the unrecognized Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, all men between the ages of 18 and 55 were invited to report to the military committees according to the war schedule. In Luhansk, sirens were wailing for danger on Sunday. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LNR called on the residents to remain calm and stop all "panic manifestations" since it was a technical inspection.
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that Moscow and Minsk have extended joint military exercises that were previously scheduled to end today, February 20. "The decision on the extension was made due to increased military activity near the borders of Russia and Belarus and after the escalation of the situation in Donbas," the statement said. "New York Times" writes that the US interprets this as the preparation of forces for the invasion of Ukraine.
After Kiev and Moscow traded accusations of fresh shelling near the border between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces, both France and Germany urged their nationals in Ukraine to leave the crisis region.
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