“What I heard: no one wants to get on the buses, because no one wants to evacuate,” RIA Novosti quotes her statement made at the Munich Security Conference.

She noted the importance of verifying information coming from Donbass and the role of OSCE observers in this.

“This is the kind of news we need to spread, too, because it’s important to distinguish between fake news, disinformation that leads to escalation,” Burbock said.

The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, in an address to the residents of the DPR, said that due to the dangerous situation in the Donbass, the departure of the population to Russia has been organized since February 18.

The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, called on the civilian population of the republic to leave for Russia as soon as possible amid the aggravation of the situation in the Donbass.

Prior to this, the Ministry of Education of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic announced the evacuation of all orphanages and boarding schools to Russia.