“Large-scale shelling by Ukraine of the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics is underway.

Only in recent days, the forces of our army have prevented several attempts of terrorist attacks by the Ukrainian special services,” he said in a video message on Telegram.

Earlier, Pushilin said that he had signed a decree on the organization of general mobilization in the DPR.

Since February 18, the departure of the population to Russia has been organized in the Donbass.