Russia has no intention “for now” of deploying troops to the breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine whose independence it recognized on Monday, but will do so if there is “a threat,” Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said on Tuesday.
“Military aid is foreseen in the agreement (with the separatists), but let’s not speculate. For now we are not going to send anyone anywhere,” he said.
“If there is a threat, then of course we will give our help according to the agreement that has been ratified,” he added.
Two decrees of the Russian president signed on Monday ask the Defense Ministry that “the Russian Armed Forces assume peacekeeping functions on the territory” of the “people’s republics” of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Two agreements that create the “legal basis for the presence” in these territories of “Russian military units necessary for the maintenance of peace in the region and to ensure lasting security of the parties” were also approved by Parliament on Tuesday.
These texts “establish the obligations of the parties to guarantee mutual assistance if one of the parties is the object of an attack” and “provide for common border protection.”
For weeks, Russia has deployed some 150,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian borders, raising fears of an invasion by its neighbor.
Source: Eluniverso
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