Ukraine Says Russian Troops Installed Explosives At Donetsk Fasilitas Facility

KIEV - Ukrainian military intelligence received information on Friday (18/2) that Russian special forces had planted explosives on social infrastructure facilities in separatist-controlled Donetsk. to accuse Ukraine of committing terrorist acts," the Defense Intelligence Service of Ukraine's State Security Service said on its official Twitter account. Reuters reported that authorities were urging Donetsk residents not to leave their homes and use public transport. Russian-backed separatist groups on Friday announced the evacuation and taking of residents away. civilians from the breakaway region of eastern Ukraine in the conflict, which the West sees as being used by Moscow as a justification for an all-out invasion of its neighbour. Russia's Federal Security Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Ukraine's allegations.