Ukrainian artillery shell hits Russian territory: General mobilization in Donbas - Russia closes border,
Ukrainian soldier killed by Donbas counter attack
2/19/22
By WarNews 24/7
translated from Greek

We have rapid developments in the Ukrainian crisis as an artillery shell of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit Russian territory at a depth of one kilometer in the Rostov region 300 meters away from the homes of Russian citizens.

At the same time, a general mobilization was declared in Luhansk and Donetsk while a Ukrainian soldier was killed.

A water station was bombed
Russian-speaking people have released a video of the Ukrainian Armed Forces bombing a water station in Vasylivka.

Donetsk officials said Ukrainian artillery fire threatened water supplies to 40 settlements in the area.

Authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic also said heavy artillery had hit villages. Electricity supply to part of the area was also cut off.

Artillery shell hits Russian territory - Russia closes borders
The shell of the Ukrainian artillery - according to Moscow - fell in the Rostov region, about 1 km from the Russian border with Ukraine.

"The blast occurred at 4:00 a.m., 300 meters from one of the households in the village of Mityakinskaya ," Russian citizens said.

Russian media reported that a missile exploded 300 meters away from a residential building in the village of Mityakinska in the Tarasovky district of Rostov.

The FSB Border Guard Department has announced that only refugees from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions will now be allowed to enter Russia.

Exit from Russia to these areas is now closed.

Pentagon: 50% of Russian forces took an offensive position
More than 40 percent of Russian forces concentrated on Ukraine's border have been attacked, a Pentagon spokesman said, adding that Russia had begun "destabilizing" the country.

"40 to 50% of these troops " have taken a stand for attack. "It has been growing in places of regular concentration for the last 48 hours," he told some reporters.

The term "tactical assembly points " refers to areas near front lines where military units go before launching an attack.

According to the US Department of Defense official, Moscow has now deployed 125 Tactical Battle Battalions on the Ukrainian border, compared to the 60 that are there under normal conditions and the 80 that were deployed in early February.

The US Secretary of Defense, General e.a. Lloyd Austin told ABC television that Russian President Vladimir Putin had now gathered the information "needed for a successful invasion" of Ukraine.

"I do not think he is bluffing," he said in an interview with the television network. The interview will be broadcast throughout Sunday.

"He has a number of options at his disposal and he could attack in a short time," he added, while still in Poland, where he met with US and Polish troops.

General mobilization in Donetsk and Luhansk
The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic today declared a "general mobilization" amid concerns about a Russian invasion. The leader of Luhansk did the same

Men aged 18-55 are invited to show up at the military offices. Citizens of this age group are prohibited from leaving the self-proclaimed Republics.

"I call on my reserve compatriots to report to the military offices. "Today, I signed the general mobilization decree, " Dennis Pushilin said in a recorded message.

Dead Ukrainian soldier
"During the bombing, a Ukrainian soldier was fatally wounded by a mortar shell," the military administration in eastern Ukraine confirmed.

Ukraine's military intelligence service has said it has information that Russian-speaking men have planted various mines at key infrastructure facilities in Donetsk.

Source:
https://warnews247.gr/ektakto-oykraniki-ovida-pyrovolikou-eplixe-rosiko-edafos-geniki-epistratefsi-sto-ntonbas-ekleise-ta-synora-i-rosia/