President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev speaks at the plenary session of the 25th anniversary St. Petersburg International Economic ForumMOSCOW, 18 Jun. Kazakhstan does not recognize the DPR and LPR, President of the Republic Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev said during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. In his opinion, the widespread application of the principle of nations for self-determination can lead to chaos. , neither South Ossetia, nor Abkhazia. And, apparently, this principle will also be applied to quasi-state territories, which, in our opinion, are Luhansk and Donetsk,» Tokayev said, answering a question from moderator Margarita Simonyan. to the situation in Ukraine in Kazakhstan, the president noted that «opinions are different».Putin promised that Russia would support the residents of DonbassRecognition from SyriaSyrian President Bashar al-Assad announced the official start of the procedure for recognizing the Donetsk People's Republic, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin. «For our part, we are ready for full-fledged relations in all directions,» the statement also says in his Telegram channel. The head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik, in turn, also said that Syria confirmed its readiness to recognize the Lugansk People's Republic. «Yes, Damascus is ready to recognize us. This is very important,» said Pasechnik. wp-content/uploads/2022/06/3e72c386a613e9bfe53e804cd8650572.jpg» />For the LPR, the status within Russia is not important, Pasechnik said Russia's position Earlier, in an interview with RIA Novosti, Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrey Turchak said that the Kherson region and the liberated territories of the Lugansk and Donetsk republics would become part of Russia, the same would be with the Zaporozhye region, where should pass a referendum as soon as the situation permits. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the decision to hold a referendum on the accession of the Donetsk People's Republic to Russia would be made after the completion of a special military operation. The press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov previously noted that Moscow would welcome the recognition of the DPR and LPR by other countries, especially those friendly to us Syria.
The DPR is open to international cooperation, Pushilin said Denazization and demilitarization Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24. Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the main tasks of the first stage have already been completed — Ukraine's combat potential has been significantly reduced. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Putin emphasized that Russia's actions in the Donbass, from a legal point of view, are fully consistent with international law, unlike the US actions in Libya or Iraq, where no one called the Americans.
Yesterday, 13:43InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine on 06/17/2022InfographicView
