Putin Orders Peacekeeping Operation In Ukraine’s Breakaway Regions
Update (422pmET): It appears that boots are about to hit the ground. According to Reuters and RIA, Putin has ordered a peacekeeping operation in Eastern Ukraine’s breakaway regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.
- PUTIN ORDERS RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES TO START ‘PEACEKEEPING MISSION’ IN E. UKRAINE BREAKAWAY REGIONS — RIA
And while Russian troops appear headed for the Donbas, Ukraine troops are now moving toward Kharkiv, located due north of the separatist areas.
🇺🇦⚡️TROOP MOVEMENT IN UKRAINIAN CAPITAL KIEV.
– Columns reportedly heading to Kharkiv. pic.twitter.com/4Lxigx70pP
— Ukraine War Report (@UkrWarReport) February 21, 2022
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Update(2:30pmET): It’s official: Putin has confirmed the change of status recognition while warning Kiev and the West that Russia’s military will act against any further aggression. He warned that Ukraine’s government must now halt all military actions against Donbas or whatever happens next will be on them.
President #Putin signed decrees recognising independence of #Donetsk People’s Republic and #Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as treaties on friendship and cooperation between #Russia and DPR and LPR. pic.twitter.com/LHoQhUslde
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) February 21, 2022
“Modern Ukraine was completely created by Russia,” Putin stated at the outset of his speech.
- PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE WAS NOT ABLE TO ACHIEVE STABLE STATEHOOD AND HAS THEREFORE HAD TO RELY ON FOREIGN COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED STATES
- PUTIN: UKRAINE HAS BECOME ‘A COLONY WITH A PUPPET GOVERNMENT’
- PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE PLANS TO CREATE ITS OWN NUCLEAR WEAPONS
- PUTIN SAYS WE WERE PROMISED NATO WOULD NOT EXPAND PUTIN SAYS THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED
- PUTIN: I WILL SAY SOMETHING IVE NEVER SAID FOR THE FIRST TIME: I ASKED CLINTON HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT RUSSIA JOINING NATO?
- PUTIN SAYS WE SAW FIVE WAVES OF NATO EXPANSION RECENTLY
- U.S. DOES NOT NEED SUCH A BIG COUNTRY AS RUSSIA IN NATO
- ‘WHY MAKE AN ENEMY OF US
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