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A powerful explosion thundered in the center of Donetsk. This is reported by the correspondent of RIA Novosti. There are no other details.
Earlier, the heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced that they were starting a mass evacuation of the population to Russia in connection with the threat of Ukraine’s invasion. It is reported about the beginning of the evacuation of orphans, women, children and elderly citizens.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier on Friday that he did not know what was happening in the Donbass.
Later, Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone with Acting Minister of Emergency Situations Alexander Chupriyan and instructed him to urgently fly to the Rostov Region to organize work on site to create conditions for accommodation, provide hot meals and everything necessary, including medical care.
The President also instructed the Russian government to urgently ensure the payment of 10,000 rubles to each refugee arriving in the region from Donbass.
The Governor of the Rostov Region, Vasily Golubev, asked Vladimir Putin to provide emergency assistance to the region through the federal center in connection with an unexpected large influx of refugees.
In Ukraine, they say that they do not intend to launch offensives, and all military measures are defensive in nature.
Source: Rosbalt
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