Evacuation of residents of Donbass has started
1 Donbass Denis Pushilin, the head of the DPR, announced the organization of a mass evacuation of the population to Russia. According to him, the Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the troops to launch an offensive against the DPR and the LPR. Denis Pushilin clarified that there is an agreement with the Russian authorities for places for the receiving and accommodating the citizens of the DPR and the LPR in the Rostov region. "The evacuated people will be provided with everything necessary. Conditions have been created for a quick transition at the checkpoints. We kindly ask to listen and make the right decision. A temporary departure will save the life and health of you and your loved ones" - he stated. 2 Donbass There are reports of the results of the shelling of villages near the town of Gorlovka by the Ukrainian military. As a result of the shelling, a section of the railway track that links the two Donbass republics was damaged near the village of Panteleimonovka, between the towns of Yasinovataya and Gorlovka. The railway communication wasn’t paralyzed. It is still possible to use the railways in other settlements. Gorlovka reported that during the shelling by the Ukrainian military, a substation, located near the village of Verkhnetoretskoe-nizjnee, was damaged. Residential buildings in the settlements of Shirokaya Balka and Mine 6/7, near Gorlovka, were damaged. 3 The Red Sea The Arab coalition intercepted and destroyed a speed boat with bombs, belonging to the Yemeni rebels ’’Ansar Allah’’, in the south of the Red Sea - the "Al Arabiya" TV reported while citing a statement made by the Saudi-led alliance. The representatives of the coalition added that the actions of the Ansar Allah movement "pose a threat to the freedom of navigation and the world trade". The "shaheed boat" was launched from the port city of Hodeida, west of Yemen. Back in 2018, a truce was introduced in Hodeida between the Ansar Allah and the Arab coalition. It was assumed that it would be the start of a peaceful settlement of the Yemeni conflict. The fighting then resumed. In January 2022, the city of Hodeida was hit by air-strikes by the Saudi Arabian Air Force. The "Ansar Allah" carry out attacks on the territory of the Arab coalition in a response to the bombing of the Yemeni cities. 4 Russia The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that on 19th of February a strategic deterrence training will be held with launches of ballistic and cruise missiles. The training will be led by Vladimir Putin. The Ministry of Defense clarified that the training was planned to check the readiness of the military command and control bodies, servicemen of the missile forces, crews of warships and missile carriers, as well as the reliability of the weapons of the strategic forces. In January and February of 2022, a series of naval exercises are being held in all areas of responsibility of the Russian fleets under the general supervision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. The biggest of them are now taking place in the Mediterranean Sea. 5 Ukraine Despite the fact that the promised Russian invasion of Ukraine never happened, some politicians and officials continue to panic. The local authorities in Kiev set out to conduct a mass evacuation. “There will be an evacuation. Only the critical infrastructure workers and troops will remain in the city. And also those who don’t want to leave” - said Roman Tkachuk, the director of the Department of Municipal Security of the Kiev administration. A commission on the evacuation of the population was made in Kiev. Kiev authorities intend to evacuate the residents exclusively to the areas within the city. The Western politicians actively support the rumors about the Russian threat. The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, recently made a yet another prediction. According to him, Russia will find a reason to attack Kiev in the coming days. Moscow responded by calling on the USA to stop escalating the situation. 6 Germany The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will host an online meeting of the G7 leaders on 24th of February as part of chairmanship of Germany over the group - Wolfgang Buechner, the deputy spokesman for the German government, stated at a briefing in Berlin. "The meeting serves to prepare for the G7 summit, which will be held from 26th till 28th of June, at Elmau Castle, in Bavaria" - he explained. The participants will discuss the foreign policy issues, including the geopolitical situation on the border between Russia and Ukraine - the RIA NEWS reported. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.
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