Russian military personnel from the CSTO peacekeeping contingent during unloading from a military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. File photoNUR-SULTAN, 22 Feb. The Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) allows the use of military or peacekeeping forces only on the territory of the member countries of the organization, and therefore the dispatch of CSTO forces to the LPR and DPR is impossible, said Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi.
"No, it is impossible, because, as you know, the CSTO charter strictly limits the use of military or peacekeeping forces. They can only be used in the CSTO space", Tleuberdi told reporters on the sidelines of the government on Tuesday, answering a relevant question.
Tleuberdi recalled that «recently, the CSTO Secretary General commented on the issue of a possible deployment of a peacekeeping contingent to the DNR and LNR.» As he said, this is a hypothetical question. That is, it is practically impossible. UN. But, as you know, the UN has its own peacekeeping forces, so in practical terms, the question is not so worth it,» the Kazakh Foreign Minister noted. «/>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan made a statement on the situation in the DonbassThe situation in the Donbass has escalated in recent days, the DPR and LPR 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. On Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and stated that he considers 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, they did not recognize and do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. 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. 02/65fb2617e27a012842cc857777f4cc53.jpg» />»For Russia, these are citizens, people, Russians.» How Moscow recognized the republicsPublished: Nikita Stoma