Tensions in Ukraine ratcheted up a notch Friday as the pro-Russian separatist leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine’s conflicted Donbass region said the situation there was “nearing large-scale war,” adding he had ordered a general military mobilization and evacuation of civilians.
DPR head Denis Pushilin told the state-owned Russian-language news channel Rossiya-24 on Friday that he believes war is about to break out in Donbass, according to Russian news agency Tass.
