The Russian occupation troops continue to escalate the situation in the Donbass and commit regular provocations. Only for the past day on February 20 from the side of the armed formations of the Russian Federation 80 violations were recorded, 72 – with the use of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements.
Propaganda resources in the Russian Federation and on the territory of ORDLO continue accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling civilians without any evidence. In turn, the Ukrainian journalist published the names of the Russian GRU officers who are preparing a special operation to accuse Ukraine of “war crimes” in the Donbass. Among them Andrey Ilchenko, Assistant to the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as officers of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Dmitry Perkovsky and Sergey Rozhkov.
OBOZREVATEL followed the situation in Donbas online. Highlights for February 21:
07:00 – In the temporarily occupied Luhansk, the propaganda machine calls on local residents to “clear their native land from the Kiev occupiers.”
07:30 – In Russia, they said that if the Ukrainian authorities and the so-called “DNR” and “LNR” agree to convene a meeting of the contact group on Donbass, representatives of Moscow will also participate in it. A RIA Novosti source said that “the functions of an intermediary oblige this.”
07:45 – Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko published the names of officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russiawho are preparing the so-called special operation against Ukraine. The Russian Federation plans to accuse our state of “war crimes” in the Donbass.
08:00 – On the evening of February 20, the Russian occupation troops committed another provocation – they opened fire from heavy weapons on Lugansk.
08:15 – The headquarters of the Joint Forces Operation reported that during the day the invaders fired at settlements in the Donbass from heavy artillery and mortars. At the same time, already on the morning of February 21, 8 shelling by the occupiers was reported, and in each case with the use of weapons prohibited by the Minsk agreements.
09:25 – The so-called “authorities” of Donetsk have published photos of schools in the city damaged by shelling. The photographs show broken windows, damaged walls and ceilings in offices and corridors. At the same time, in their traditional rhetoric, the occupiers tried to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling.
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09:30 – The occupiers in the so-called “DPR” report about the explosion of a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons.
Recall that propaganda resources in Russia, as well as in the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which are temporarily controlled by the leaders of the terrorist organizations “LPR” and “DPR”, constantly publish information about alleged shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the propagandists did not provide a single confirming frame.
It is worth noting that on February 20, French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which they agreed to “work intensively” to hold a meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group as soon as possible. The head of the Russian Federation also promised that he would withdraw troops from Belarus after the exercises.
As OBOZREVATEL reported, on February 18, the “DPR” and “LPR” announced the “evacuation” of residents of the occupied territories to Russia. However, local they are in no hurry to leave their homes, and many Russians are not really waiting for “refugees”.
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