MOSCOW, February 18 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian government on Friday to house and feed people leaving the two self-declared eastern Ukrainian separate republics after their arrival in southern Russia.
Russian-backed separatists on Friday announced an abrupt evacuation of their territories, a shocking turn in a conflict the West believes Moscow is planning to use to justify an all-out offensive by its neighbour. Is.
A Kremlin statement said Putin had ordered the minister responsible for handling emergency situations to travel to southern Russia to help the Kremlin arrange accommodation for "refugees from Donbass".
"The President directed (the minister) to fly to the immediate area to prepare an environment for people to live in, to provide everything they need, including hot food and medical care," the statement said.
Putin also ordered 10,000 rubles ($129) to be paid to everyone arriving from the Donbass.
The two broken regions are located in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
($1 = 77.2771 rubles)