Washington: The United States (US) has warned Russia against declaring 2 breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, as independent.
"The Russian Duma has stated that it plans to send to President Putin an appeal to recognize the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics as independent," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday.
"To be clear: Kremlin approval of this appeal would amount to the Russian government’s wholesale rejection of its commitments under the Minsk agreements,," he stated.
The agreements outline the process for the full political, social, and economic reintegration of those parts of Ukraine’s Donbas region controlled by Russia-led forces and political proxies since 2014.
According to him, enactment of this resolution would further undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, constitute a gross violation of international law, and call into further question Russia’s stated commitment to continue to engage in diplomacy to achieve a peaceful resolution of this crisis,
Furthermore, it would also necessitate a swift and firm response from the US in full coordination with it Allies and partners.
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