| − | As tensions escalated in mid-February 2022, some 700,000 women, children, and elderly were being evacuated to Rostov in neighboring Russia.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-russia-separatists-shelling-civilians_n_620fc47de4b0f2c343f3d4fa</ref><ref>https://tass.com/world/1406247</ref> Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] instructed the Russian government to house and feed people fleeing the Ukrainian military advance once they arrived in southern Russia. Each refugee arriving from Donbass is to be given a payment of 10,000 roubles ($129). [[RT]] reported Denis Pushilin, the head of the [[Donetsk Peoples Republic]] warned, "Kiev can start a full-scale assault on Donbass at any moment, the situation is critical”<ref>https://www.rt.com/russia/549912-donetsk-leader-ukraine-invasion-war/</ref> A fullscale mobilization was ordered, and men 18 to 55 were conscripted to remain and defend against the Ukrainian military attack.<ref>https://youtu.be/GksixfgW_Q0</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/hUTXV4VusTM</ref> | + | As tensions escalated in mid-February 2022, some 700,000 women, children, and elderly were being evacuated to Rostov in neighboring Russia.<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-russia-separatists-shelling-civilians_n_620fc47de4b0f2c343f3d4fa</ref><ref>https://tass.com/world/1406247</ref> Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] instructed the Russian government to house and feed people fleeing the Ukrainian military advance once they arrived in southern Russia. Each refugee arriving from Donbass is to be given a payment of 10,000 roubles ($129). [[RT]] reported Denis Pushilin, the head of the [[Donetsk Peoples Republic]] warned, "Kiev can start a full-scale assault on Donbass at any moment, the situation is critical”<ref>https://www.rt.com/russia/549912-donetsk-leader-ukraine-invasion-war/</ref> A fullscale [[mobilization]] was ordered, and men 18 to 55 were conscripted to remain and defend against the Ukrainian military attack.<ref>https://youtu.be/GksixfgW_Q0</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/hUTXV4VusTM</ref> |