The Kremlin has stated that the recognition of illegal entities, the so-called “LPR/ DPR”, does not correlate with the Minsk agreements, Interfax reports with reference to Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
According to him, Russian president Vladimir Putin has taken note of the appeal of State Duma members to recognize the self-proclaimed republics of Donbas but considers the implementation of the Minsk agreements to be the main task.
The recognition of “LPR/ DPR” does not correlate with the Minsk agreements, Peskov confirmed.
On February 15, the State Duma voted to submit an appeal to Russian president Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the so-called “LPR/ DPR”.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that Moscow would bear full responsibility for the destruction of the Minsk agreements and the process of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine if the illegal entities were recognized.
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I’ve written off Crimea and this LPR/DPR crap long time ago. It does not bother me. And since Putler threatened Ukraine with a full scale war, ukrainians are more united than ever! So, keep playing your games, but don’t expect too much attention…
Naturally, if putin’s dog doesn’t recognize the LPR/DPR, it’s because he sees it already as a part of russia. Not even as “independent,” but unofficially subservient vassal states.
Something to the effect of, “you can call yourselves whatever you like, but you’d better recognize the russian control.”
I think Taiwan’s getting a similar message from china, and with more forceful pressure. But that’s one feature common to dictatorships, their iron fists.
Yes Putin wants to control the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine but he doesn’t want to recognize them or annex them. He wants them to stay as part of Ukraine so they can have MEP’s in parliament and vote the way Putin wants them too.
I wish you and your beloved Lyudmilla all the luck of this world, bro!