People board a bus at a military commissariat assembly point in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk before being sent to active units. File photoMOSCOW, February 22Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on the air of the ABC TV channel, called «absurd» statements about Russia's actions to maintain peace in the Donbass by the armed forces of the Russian Federation after the recognition of the LPR and DPR. Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation on Monday after the meeting of the Security Council and said that he considers it necessary to accept the decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. He noted that the world prefers not to notice the horror and genocide in the Donbass, not a single day goes by without shelling, killing of civilians, the blockade does not stop. Immediately after the appeal, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR. In his decrees, Putin instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the DPR and LPR by the armed forces of the Russian Federation.
"The suggestion that they keep the peace is absurd. They entered the sovereign territory of Ukraine", — said Morrison.
The Australian Prime Minister also considered that the time had come for countries to introduce «strong and tough sanctions» against the Russian Federation. He urged Moscow to “retreat.” The situation in Donbass has escalated in recent days, the DPR and LPR have announced a lot of shelling by the Ukrainian security forces. The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. It primarily concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to the Russian Federation with a request for recognition. Russia is citizens, people, Russians. How Moscow recognized the republicsPublished: Nikita Stoma