Presidents of Russia and France Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel MacronPARIS, Feb 16Russian President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that the initiative to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics would not be taken into account, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. self-proclaimed DNR and LNR. The heads of the DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik said they welcomed the decision of the State Duma deputies. Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow, commented on the appeal of the State Duma, saying that he would proceed from doing everything to solve the problems of Donbass, but the potential of the Minsk agreements had not yet been exhausted.
CNN: Macron urged Putin not to recognize the independence of the DNR and LNR»The Duma voted in favor of (appeal to Putin about the need to recognize the independence of) Donbass — Donetsk and Lugansk regions … President Putin told President Macron that this is an initiative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and that he will not accept this The initiative is taken into account. This is very good, because if this process had gone to the end, the Minsk agreements would have been destroyed,» Le Drian said at a meeting of the Senate commission on international affairs. The French minister did not specify when this conversation between the French presidents took place and Russia. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass. does not correlate with «Minsk-2»
