DonetskRussian-installed head tells Ukrainian-held cities’ residents to enter Russia.
The Geneva Conventions bar an occupying power from transferring an occupied population.
Denis Pushilin told Russian state news agency TASS residents must exit Ukraine via third countries, enter Russia, then reach Donetsk.
No Ukrainian or independent account of the program is available.
Pushilin said housing preparations began early, and each participant will get a direct channel to a specialist.
How each outlet framed it
- TASS leans favorable
- relays Pushilin's DPR resettlement pitch in detail: third-country evacuation routes, a direct specialist contact channel, and housing needs estimates
Sources: TASS