Russia's recognition of eastern Ukraine's separatist regions as 'independent' republics sparks anger and condemnations
Russian President Putin's declaration of"independence and sovereignty of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine sparks fury and condemnations.
Monday's announcement came amid a spike in skirmishes in the eastern regions that Western powers believe Russia could use as a pretext for an attack on the western-looking democracy that has defied Moscow's attempts to pull it back into its orbit.NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has accused Moscow of creating a pretext for a new invasion.
In a joint statement, European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen condemned in the strongest possible terms the decision by the Russian President to proceed with the recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk of Ukraine as independent entities.Michel, von der Leyen, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola also shared the same message on social media.
"I remain convinced such a course of escalation should be met with sanctions," his Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis wrote in a tweet. Lithuania's speaker of parliament will table a parliamentary motion to "never recognise" any change of status of the breakaway region, she said on Monday. "We will not allow Russia's violation of its international commitments to go unpunished," Truss tweeted.President Joe Biden has ordered new sanctions against the separatist eastern Ukraine regions.
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