After the evacuation of women and children, the Donetsk Republic will call men to arms in order to defend the republic against threats from the militant forces from Ukraine and the West.
Denis Pushilin – the head of the Donetsk People's Republic – urged his 'fellow countrymen in the reserve to come to the military commissariats' and that today he has 'signed the decree on general mobilization.' Appealing 'to all the men of the republic who can bear arms to stand up and defend their families, their children, wives and mothers.'
This comes with increasing tensions and belligerence from Western-backed forces surrounding Ukraine.
Head of State for the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin
