The evacuation of the civilian population of the unrecognized Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics to Russia is to some extent a mirror action, political scientist, president of the International Institute of Political Expertise Yevgeny Minchenko told RBC.
“First, Ukrainians begin to evacuate, take out. Oligarchs, members of their families and representatives of Western embassies are being taken out in Ukraine. In the DPR, in the LPR – children, the elderly and women – is also a demonstration that the aggressors are on the other side, ”he said.
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The authorities of the republics of Donbass believe that Ukrainian troops could attack, Minchenko continued. Russia, with its movements since last year, has shown that “it will not allow Ukraine to unilaterally resolve the issue of these territories by force,” he said.
“Here, in my opinion, all the maneuvers of the Russian army were not related to the fact that it was going to attack someone, but to make it clear to the Ukrainian authorities that in the event of a military attack on the LPR, Donbass, Russia will not stand aside,” the political scientist believes.