The Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitri Kulebadeclared on Thursday that Russia started an invasion on a large scale to your country.
the president of Russia, Vladimir “Putin, started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine”, Kuleba wrote on his Twitter account.
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy emphasized that “peaceful cities are the target of attacks.”
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“It is an aggressive war. Ukraine will defend itself and win.” he claimed.
This Thursday Putin announced the decision to launch a military operation in Donbas, in the east of Ukraineand reaffirmed that Moscow will seek the demilitarization of the neighboring country, although it denied the intention of occupying it.
Last Monday, the Russian leader promulgated the decree that recognizes the sovereignty of the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in a ceremony held in the Kremlin, in which the leaders of the territories, Denís Pushilin and Leonid Pásechnik, were also present.
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Next, Putin signed the Treaties of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Aid with the two republics, which were ratified on Tuesday by the Parliaments of Donetsk, Lugansk and Russia.
Since mid-February, the attacks have intensified again along the separation line between the Ukrainian government forces and the militias of Donetsk and Lugansk.
In this context, the leaders of the eastern territories of Ukraine they decreed the general mobilization and evacuation of women, minors and the elderly to Russia. To date, more than 80,000 refugees from Donbas have arrived on Russian territory.