UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine at UN Headquarters in New York. File photoUN, Feb. 22 Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Serhiy Kyslitsa, answering the question whether Kiev will break off diplomatic relations with Moscow after the recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR, told reporters that the Ukrainian government will make informed decisions.
"For what? To be emotional and dramatic? We are not in the theater", Kislitsa said, answering the question of whether Kiev plans to break off diplomatic relations with Moscow.
«It's up to my government to decide. We will make very informed decisions,» he added. The situation in Donbass has escalated in recent days, the DPR and LPR have reported 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, and then turned to the Russian Federation with a request for recognition.Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN did not rule out direct negotiations with RussiaRussian 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 immediately recognize the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Lugansk 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, the killings of civilians and the blockade do not stop. As the president stated, in case of further bloodshed in the Donbass, the entire responsibility will be on the Kiev regime. 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. Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya later said that Kiev, under Vladimir Zelensky, returned to militant rhetoric and did everything to destroy the Minsk agreements on Donbass. Nebenzya added that it was important to focus on how to avoid war and force Ukraine to stop shelling the LPR and DPR. He also stated that a number of colleagues in the UN Security Council are ready to bury the Minsk agreements. According to him, the Russian Federation is open to diplomacy in Ukraine, but will not allow a new massacre in Donbass, and the West, he added, is shamelessly pumping Ukraine with weapons and instructors, Donbass is on the verge of a new Ukrainian military adventure.The development of the situation in Donbass is in online report >>
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