Evacuation From Donetsk Underway Amid Shelling by Ukrainian Forces

© Sputnik / Сергей Пивоваров / Go to the mediabankBuses evacuating civilian residents from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.
Buses evacuating civilian residents from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. - Sputnik International, 1920, 20.02.2022
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Early on Sunday, the mission of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination on the ceasefire regime (JCCC) said that Kiev forces have shelled the outskirts of the city of Donetsk using artillery prohibited under the Minsk agreements.
Sputnik goes live from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine where the emergency evacuation of civilians to Russia’s Rostov Region is underway.
The self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) and DPR announced the evacuation of their citizens on Friday due to the escalation of tensions on the line of contact in southeastern Ukraine and amid fears of an attack by Kiev forces.
DPR head Denis Pushilin said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would soon order Kiev forces to launch an offensive in Donbass, in order to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR.
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