What is the Situation at the Ukrainian Border? How Many Refugees Have Crossed?

This night, Luhansk reported a sharp escalation of the situation at the Donbass front. The self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic has stated that 24 settlements have been shelled by Ukrainian forces. As a result of the shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, three civilians have been injured and two have been killed.

The Kursk region has also become the third area where a state of emergency was declared amid the arrival of refugees. Earlier, similar measures were imposed in the Rostov and Voronezh regions.

At this time, international media is only reporting this regarding the border situation, while concerning the refugees, it has been announced by the acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation that more than 53,000 refugees from the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR have crossed the Russian border, as reported by RIA Novosti. An emergency meeting regarding the refugee situation from LNR and DNR was held in Rostov-on-Don last night.