Ukrainian military in the Luhansk regionKYIV, Feb 15 Former Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Valery Chaly believes that after the decision of the State Duma on the need to recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kiev needs to apply to the UN for immediate consideration of the issue of sending peacekeepers to the Donbass. At the same time, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that at a meeting with OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau, there was no alternative to the Minsk agreements. to Russia's possible recognition of the LPR and DPR»What to do… An appeal to the UN Secretary General to immediately consider the issue of sending a UN peacekeeping contingent to the temporarily occupied territories in eastern Ukraine,» Chaly wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday. According to him, Kiev also urgently needs to impose sanctions against those who voted for such a decision. Chaly believes that such a decision by the State Duma indicates Russia's unilateral withdrawal from the Minsk agreements on a settlement in Donbass. In addition, after such a decision, «another scenario of escalation» around Ukraine allegedly began. DNR and LNR
