Pavlo Kyrylenko says ‘destiny of the whole country will be decided by the Donetsk region’ as he urges 350,000 civilians to leave
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The governor of the eastern Donetsk region has urged 350,000 civilians to evacuate.
The call comes a day after Russian president Vladimir Putin declared victory in seizing the the neighbouring eastern province of Luhansk.
The destiny of the whole country will be decided by the Donetsk region.
Once there are less people, we will be able to concentrate more on our enemy and perform our main tasks.”
