Leaders of the DPR and LPR Pushilin and Pasechnik asked Putin for military assistance

DPR Head Denis Pushilin and LPR Head Leonid PasechnikMOSCOW, Feb. 24The leader of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin and the Lugansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to provide military assistance, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of state. letters. According to the press secretary, in connection with the current situation and in order to prevent the death of civilians and a humanitarian catastrophe, Pushilin and Pasechnik asked Putin «on the basis of Articles 3 and 4 of the treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the Russian Federation and the republics» to provide assistance in repelling Ukrainian aggression.UN Security Council meetingThe Ukrainian authorities have requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the appeal of the LPR and the DPR for military assistance to Russia, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said. jpg» />The EU imposed sanctions against several hundred Russians for recognizing the DNR and LNR»Ukraine initiated an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the appeal<…> of the administrations in Donetsk and Lugansk to Russia with a request for military support, which is a further escalation of the situation with security,” he wrote on Twitter. As the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN told reporters, the meeting will begin at 5.30 Moscow time. from Moscow from the so-called DPR and LPR<…> announces a very dangerous additional step against the sovereignty of Ukraine, which will endanger thousands of lives,» Borrell wrote on Twitter. The head of EU diplomacy called on Russia «to refrain from further actions aimed at to escalate».Ukrainian security forces fired on the settlement of Petrivske in the DPRScaling the situation in the DonbassIn recent weeks, the situation in the Donbass has escalated: Kiev has concentrated most of the army on the line of contact and regularly shells the militias using prohibited equipment. Because of the threat of Ukraine's invasion, authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk began evacuating women, children and the elderly to Russian regions. General mobilization announced. In this situation, on February 19, the leaders of the self-proclaimed republics turned to Russia with a request to recognize their independence. On February 21, President Vladimir Putin announced in a televised address that he recognized the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, and signed the relevant decrees. The head of state instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the republics. The head of state explained his position by saying that those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the use of force. security forces shelled the territory of the LPR 177 times over the past dayPosted: Aleksey Kalabanov