The authorities of the Lugansk People‘s Republic and Donetsk decided to launch a general evacuation of civilians from settlements along the contact line.

For the moment, it is known that the evacuation is taking place without putting pressure on the residents of the area, but there are indications that the forced evacuation of civilians may start within 24 hours.

At the moment, sources in the self-proclaimed republics say that in the next few hours a decision will be taken to evacuate the inhabitants of several dozen settlements.

The reason for this was the significant increase in bombing by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At the same time, local militias report that such large-scale strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not been seen since 2015. Moreover, the attacks began to take place immediately after Russian troops started to withdraw from the Ukrainian border.

According to information available to Avia. pro, on the last day, 8 times more strikes occurred in the territory of the DPR and the LPR than usual. This testifies to the escalation that started in Kiev.

Russia has not yet reacted to the ongoing bombardment of Donbass, but the situation could very quickly get out of control, especially since it became known a little earlier that Kiev intends to implement the military scenario of taking Donbass on 20 February.

The majority of Russian forces will be withdrawn from the Ukrainian border.