The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine issued an official statement about possible provocations in the Donbas by the Russian invaders. The statement was published by the public relations service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense on the official Facebook page.

" These measures are aimed at destabilizing the situation in the temporarily occupied territories of our state and creating grounds for accusing Ukraine of terrorist attacks.. The Public Relations Service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine urges Donetsk residents not to leave their homes and not use public transport,"

On February 11, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukraine has information about the provocative intentions of the Russian Federation to justify a possible invasion and is ready to respond to any challenges.

Russian invaders on Thursday morning, February 17, during the shelling of Stanytsia Luhanska and its environs, got into a kindergarten in which there were people.

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Earlier, Commander-in-Chief of the JFO Oleksandr Pavlyuk issued a similar warning.. According to him, the militants in the Donbass are gathering civilians under the guise of evacuation to carry out terrorist acts.. The occupiers plan to blame the Ukrainian military for their deaths.