The President of Russia this afternoon signed the declaration recognizing the independence of the People’s Republics of Donbass.
The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinhas officially recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics, located in the east of Ukraine. The Russian president has signed a decree of recognition in an act in the Kremlin and after a long speech that has been televised to the nation.
“I consider it necessary to make a decision that has long been under its own weight: to immediately recognize the independence and sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic,” the Russian president said at the end of his speech.
Subsequently, the head of the Kremlin has signed treaties of friendship and mutual assistance with the leaders of Donetsk, Denis Pushilinand from Lugansk, Leonid Passechnik.
The Russian president has asked the Russian Federal Assembly (Parliament) to support his decision and then ratify these treaties with both republics.
The Russian president made this decision after receiving a request in this regard from both pro-Russian separatist leaders on Monday and after the Russian Duma (Lower House) sent him a resolution urging him to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Lugansk.
Putin stressed in his speech that the situation in Donbasswhere independence supporters have been clashing with the Ukrainian Army since 2014 in a conflict that has claimed the lives of some 14,000 people, is “critical and serious.”
“I emphasize once again that Ukraine for us is not just a neighboring country. It is an integral part of our own history, culture, spiritual space. These are our comrades, relatives, among whom are not only colleagues, friends, former colleagues, but also relatives, people connected with us by blood ties, relatives,” Putin continued.
Faced with the escalation of military tension in the coming days in eastern Ukraine, Putin has demanded that “those who usurped power and hold power in Kiev immediately put an end to military actions”.
“Otherwise, all responsibility for the possible continuation of bloodshed will fall squarely on the conscience of the regime ruling the territory of Ukraine,” Putin warned.
Russia again demands veto on Ukraine’s entry into NATO
The head of the Kremlin has also assured that Russia will take measures to guarantee its security in the face of the refusal of the United States and NATO to address its security concerns and to renounce Ukraine from being part of the Atlantic Alliance in the future.
“You only have to look at the map to see how Western countries have fulfilled their promise not to allow NATO enlargement to the east. They have simply deceived us. One after another there have been five waves of NATO enlargement,” he said. criticized.
“As a consequence, the Alliance and its military infrastructure have moved directly closer to the Russian borders.” “That became one of the key reasons for the European security crisis, it had the most negative repercussions on the entire system of international affairs and caused mutual trust to be lost,” he insisted.
“If Ukraine enters NATO, the military threats to Russia would increase several times. And the danger of a surprise attack against our country would increase several times,” he said.
Source: Eitb
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