Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine are now urging hundreds of thousands of civilians to evacuate into Russia, over claims a Ukrainian attack is imminent on disputed regions.

Sirens rang out over Eastern Ukraine as the leaders of local pro-Russian governments told women and children to flee, and men to take up arms.

About 700,000 civilians are now reportedly headed to the border with Russia.

But as Jackson Proskow reports, the Kremlin's claims of a so-called 'genocide' underway lacks evidence, amid accusations Moscow is trying to find pretext for a full invasion.

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