Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry MedvedevMOSCOW, February 22NATO and the United States did not learn the lesson well from recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, cynically approached the borders of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev told reporters, commenting on the decisions taken the day before on the DPR and LPR. «In 2008, I had to make a difficult decision to recognize the independence of the South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Using military force and political will, Russia helped save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. And taught an object lesson to NATO, the United States, to everyone who had aggressive intentions against Russian citizens. However, they learned it poorly in NATO, and continued cynically and unceremoniously approach the borders of Russia, expanding the circle of potential members of the alliance,» Medvedev said.Medvedev announced extreme pressure in case of recognition of DonbassHe stressed that the West helped Kiev sabotage the Minsk agreements, completely untying the hands of the nationalists and the weak government headed by the current president. at home, forced to live in eternal fear, to hide in cellars from bombs,» Medvedev 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. In Russia, Vladimir Putin on Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and said that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LNR and the DNR, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness did not recognize and do not recognize any other decision conflict in the 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.Posted by: Ekaterina Zaitseva
