Currently, We Are Monitoring the Escalation of the Situation in Donbas: Putin

Kiev must sit at the negotiation table with representatives from Donbas and coordinate political, military, economic, and humanitarian issues to end the conflict. This statement was made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reported by RIA Novosti.

“Currently, we are monitoring the escalation of the situation in Donbas,” he said.

It is noteworthy that earlier, the leader of the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, announced that starting today, the evacuation of civilians from the DPR to Russia is beginning. According to him, women, children, and elderly people should be evacuated first. Pushilin also noted that very soon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will give orders to the troops to launch an offensive, trying to conquer all of Donbas.