Monument of Independence of Ukraine in KievKYIV, Feb 16 Kiev applied to the UN Security Council with a proposal to discuss the decision of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, said the country's Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. The State Duma of the Russian Federation on Tuesday voted for an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation on the need to recognize the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR. 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. «Ukraine officially applied to the Council Security Council of the United Nations with the initiative to discuss the resolution of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the recognition of the so-called L/DPR, which undermines the Minsk agreements and the peace process. We urge you to consider this at a meeting on the implementation of the Minsk agreements on February 17,» Kuleba wrote on Twitter. 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. Russia in the Security Council
