MOSCOW, February 22 The situation in Donbass tends to worsen, Russian President Vladimir Putin said to reporters on Tuesday.
"Unfortunately, at this point in time, we understand that this is impossible (negotiations between the Kiev authorities and the leadership of the LPR and DPR — ed.), since hostilities there are still ongoing. And what's more, they tend to escalate. But I hope that this will be the case in the future,» Putin said.
On Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, the President of the Russian Federation addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation, saying that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, since those Those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness 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. The situation in Donbass has escalated in recent days, the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics 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. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may soon order the military to go on the offensive, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. Donbas costs Ukraine billions of dollarsPosted by Olga Filippova