Second breakaway region in Ukraine organizes evacuation of civilians

[Wicked Blue]

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Source: CNN

From CNN’s Tim Lister in Kyiv

The leader of the second self-declared republic in eastern Ukraine has announced that the evacuation of civilians to Russia is being organized. The announcement follows a similar move by the pro-Russian authorities in Donetsk.

Leonid Pasechnik, the most senior official in the Luhansk People's Republic, said in a statement that he had “due to the escalation of tension on the contact line, instructed the heads of the territories of the Republic to ensure the organized evacuation of the population ... and help the population in the delivery to border checkpoints.”

Pasechnik said “the Russian Federation is ready to provide organized reception and accommodation on its territory of residents of the Luhansk People's Republic.”

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He accused Ukrainian forces of violating the ceasefire regime 29 times in the last day and listed 13 towns that he said had been shelled.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-18-22-intl/index.html

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This is the start of the false flag operation.

[Wounded Bear]

1. "This is the start of the false flag operation."...possibly....

thankfully, world leaders are already on the alert for any Russian shenanigans.

We'll see.

[Wicked Blue]

2. What are the world leaders able to do in response?

Impose economic sanctions while the Russians are slaughtering Ukrainians? I am not an expert in military matters, but I can't imagine US and NATO troops fighting in Ukraine without triggering WW3.

[Wounded Bear]

3. You're right, of course, but maybe we'll see what "crippling" sanctions look like...nt

[oldsoftie]

7. Putins rich friends won't like being cut off from their money. It MUST be crippling.

They want SO bad for NATO to fall apart but he's just bringing them closer together.

[HUAJIAO]

4. The "Luhansk People's Republic."

Give me a break!

[Captain Zero]

5. Is this voluntary for the people being moved to Russia?

If not, then it is a human rights violation.

[oldsoftie]

8. Didn't think about that. Not that it would matter. Who's gonna do anything about it?

[mathematic]

11. Nobody's being moved. This is a pretense for russian invasion to "protect" civilians n/t

[Wicked Blue]

18. The Russians are offering bribes to get their people out of the breakaway/occupied regions

I mentioned that in another post

[Ghost Dog]

20. Well, according to the OSCE monitors on the spot,

and as our media barely reports, these people are being shelled from the Ukrainian side (as well as vice-versa).

So who is "false flagging" who?

[yaesu]

6. The Guardian: Full-scale invasion not needed for sanctions, western officials hint

Western officials hinted on Friday that sanctions could be launched against Russia in the event of cyber, paramilitary or another non-conventional attack against Ukraine ordered by the Kremlin.

Although a conventional military attack is still considered possible “with very little notice,” western officials are also concerned about a possible escalation of the conflict by Russian separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region or further cyber attacks on Ukraine, following the targeting of banks and government earlier this week.

An official said the simplest scenario for triggering economic sanctions would be that “missiles might start firing, tanks start coming across the border”. But they stressed there were alternative scenarios that would lead to a triggering of sanctions.

The official said: “There are other scenarios, very plausible ones, under which the kinds of events we’ve seen over the last 48 hours continue to increase in frequency and intensity, that you see more cyber attacks, that you see a really big escalation of cyber attacks against the government of Ukraine. And in that situation, the reality is, it would be more difficult to call exactly when a line had been crossed.”

[yaesu]

9. Russian state media reporting "major" explosion near a government building in the centre of Donetsk

per Guardian, the false flags are escalating.

[yaesu]

10. US president Joe Biden will give an update on the situation in Ukraine at 4pm est. nt

[multigraincracker]

12. Putin is just a tiny, very tiny Slobfather.

Might make a great nickname him, Tiny Trump.

[BlueIdaho]

13. The Fog of War...

All designed to confuse the situation and shield the aggressors from responsibility.

[Lonestarblue]

14. Perhaps Germany should immediately announce refusal to use the Nordstream pipeline.

Selling gas is a major part of Russia’s economy, and this pipeline was to become a way for Putin to gain a major way to influence EU countries in his favor. I’m surprised it was ever allowed to be built because of the power and leverage it would give Putin, who is no friend to the EU. I suspect that bank deposits in US and EU banks could be quickly frozen, though Putin and his oligarchs are among the richest people in the world and might not suffer cash flow issues immediately. It would take a toll eventually.

[Ghost Dog]

15. Source is CNN not BBC

(Not that it would make much difference).

[Wicked Blue]

17. Thanks, I changed it

This situation is giving me panic attacks.

[Martin68]

16. The rats are leaving the sinking ship.

[blue-wave]

19. Well, the last time Russia ordered an

evacuation of eastern Ukraine it ended with millions being starved to death in the Holodomor. This time it's to start a war?

[SunSeeker]

21. Yup, all part of Putin's false flag bullshit.

Putin is a fucking mass murderer.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Video announcing evacuation was recorded on Wed 16th

Link to tweet

Which, as this points out, was the day that was originally planned for the invasion, according to the released intelligence, which looks more and more accurate:

Link to tweet

[olddad65]

23. Hmm, a civil war, then Russia will have intervene.

I wonder if Ukraine is being used as a proving ground for what Putin wants to do to the US.
If he wanted a civil war in the US, his lacky, trump could get it started.

[Wicked Blue]

24. Perhaps. but his next target will be the three Baltic countries

although then he will have to fight NATO

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

25. Evacuation of it's citizens TO RUSSIA, that says it all, none of our business