Putin orders troops into Eastern Ukraine: Key points from his important speech

Pro-Russian activists react in a street as fireworks explode in the sky, after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognising two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

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Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Thus, the Russia-Ukraine conflict grew much worse. During a major televised address on Monday (February 21), he recognized the two regions as independent.

Putin ordered Russian peacekeepers to dispatch to Ukraine’s two breakaway areas. The areas being the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic, in his crucial speech.

Putin had already issued decrees declaring the two territories to be independent states. Sanctions from Western allies might be useful to offset Russia’s decision. The decision could in turn jeopardize recent diplomatic efforts to defuse the conflict.

Ukraine and other western allies will regard Putin’s intention to send his troops to execute “peacekeeping duties” as an occupation of the land. It will almost certainly result in harsh sanctions and a military response from Ukraine.

The deployment of troops came out in the wording of two treaty treaties signed by Putin on Tuesday with separatist republic leaders.

Russian forces may have already crossed rebel territory, Ukrainian officials claimed Monday night. Residents in Makiivka, 15 kilometers west of rebel-held Donetsk, noticed what appeared to be Russian armored vehicles on the move, according to officials.

The following are some of the most key points from Putin’s speech

He said, “I would like to emphasize again that Ukraine is not just a neighboring country for us. It is an inalienable part of our own history, culture, and spiritual space.”

“These are our comrades, those dearest to us – not only colleagues, friends, and people who once served together, but also relatives, people bound by blood, by family ties,” he added.

The decision to “immediately recognize the independence and sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic”.

“Otherwise, all the responsibility for the possible continuation of the bloodbath will be on the conscience of the regime that is ruling in Kyiv”, he cautioned.

“Russia created Modern Ukraine”

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