Single anti-war pickets. On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation in the Donbas during an urgent address on the air. Against the background of the aggravation of the situation, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics announced on February 18 the organization of the departure of the population to Russia, on February 19 - the general mobilization of citizens. Views of Moscow. Genre photography. A girl during a solo picket with a placard "No to war!" near the building of the TASS agency on Bolshaya Nikitskaya street.