Just hours after announcing mass evacuations, Denis Pushilin declares on live Russian state TV that the situation is headed for full-scale war
A Russian-backed separatist leader in eastern Ukraine has declared that war is about to begin after ordering women, children and the elderly to flee over the border to Russia in an ominous sign that this may be the pretext the Kremlin needs for a full-fledged offensive.
his order and claiming that Ukraine was preparing a military offensive, which it denies. The Kremlin has prepared shelters and facilities to accommodate hundreds of thousands of evacuees. Men, meanwhile, would not be allowed to leave, as they must stay behind and “defend” the territory, Pushilin said.
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