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A Ukrainian serviceman pauses while walking to a frontline position outside Popasna, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, February 20, 2022
THE leaders of the Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR) called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise the regions as independent states today.
LPR head Leonid Pasechnik said that the move would prevent the massacre of some 300,000 ethnic Russians that live in the Donbass region at the hands of the Ukrainian far right.
“I ask you to recognise the sovereignty and independence of the LPR. I also ask you to consider the possibility of concluding a friendship and co-operation agreement between the LPR and the Russian Federation, including co-operation in defence,” he said.
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
