Boris Johnson. File photoLONDON, Feb 22 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss sanctions against Russia over recognition of the LPR and DPR on Tuesday at 6.30 am local time (9.30 «The Prime Minister will hold a COBR meeting tomorrow morning at 6:30 a.m. to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine and coordinate the UK's response, including a significant package of sanctions that will be brought forthwith,» the Prime Minister said. in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, addressed the citizens of Russia and said that he considered it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness did not recognize and do not recognize no other solution to the conflict in the Donbass, except for a military one. Immediately after the appeal, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees on the recognition of the LPR and the DPR. The situation in the Donbass has escalated in recent days, the DPR and LPR announced a lot of shelling by 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.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report >>
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