Russian politicians have called on President Vladimir Putin to “give the West one last chance” to force Kyiv to comply with the Minsk agreements.
Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev urged Putin to tell his American counterpart Joe Biden that if the necessary measures are not taken, the recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics will follow.
“We need that you [Putin] tell Biden: “If the massacre does not stop in 2-3 days, then the only solution is the recognition of the republics,” Patrushev said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.
In turn, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, said that Western countries should be given one “last chance.”
“In the current situation, we are obliged to do so … I would agree with the proposal of Nikolai Platonovich [Patrushev] that our Western colleagues should be given the last chance in order to force Kyiv to restore peace and fulfill the Minsk agreements as soon as possible,” Naryshkin urged.
Before the meeting of the Russian Security Council, the leaders of the LPR and DPR asked Putin to recognize the pseudo-republics.
At the beginning of the meeting, Putin said that this issue needs to be resolved today.
“If the massacre does not stop in 2-3 days, then the only solution is the recognition of the republics,”
So it’s been downgraded from genocide to a massacre. My response would be, Ukraine don’t recognise the Minsk agreements, but you go ahead, crippling sanctions will follow.
What a bullshit! Demand Kyiv will surrender Crimea and Donbas or fuck off! Seems Putin has a weak hand in this poker game. Good.
Seems all US intel was wrong. Putin is trying to chicken out.
Nothing changes, he can still invade Ukraine on some BS excuse.
Its funny, the whole of the Donbas AND the Rostov were within Ukraine’s borders before Yalta. But the demented revisionist zit ignores history and makes his own because nobody will challenge him on it.
Putin is becoming comedy again.
The recognition of the dwarf wannabe republics has only one meaning; mafia land will not attack Ukraine. It appears that the runt got cold feet with his war, and in order to safe face, he must create some sort of “victory”. Hence, recognizing the DPR and LPR. Never mind that this decree has no legal ground, it will fool the foolish, and that’s good enough for the rat.
Some people would say this would be a victory for Ukraine.
In effect, it is.
Yep. No more Minsk, Normandy format, and Russia’s victory is funding a shithole forever.
The only massacre that has taken place has been by Russia. Putin is simply telling his KGB lies again. Recognition of LPR/DPR will get him nothing. Only the usual suspects will recognize them.
We need to reduce relations to the consular level and announce to the world why we are doing so. Same with China.