Putin instructs Russian armed forces to ensure "peacekeeping" in CADLR

22.02.2022 00:42

Ukrinform

In decrees recognizing the independence of the so-called "LPR" and "DPR", the president of the Russian Federation instructed the Ministry of Defense to ensure "the implementation of peacekeeping functions" in these territories.

According to Ukrinform, this follows from the decrees on the recognition of "LPR" and "DPR" published on the official Internet portal of legal information of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense was instructed to ensure security until a "treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance" is concluded between Russia and these puppet entities.

As reported, on February 21, the president of the Russian Federation signed decrees to "recognize" two self-proclaimed entities in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.

Russia's State Duma previously voted to send an appeal to Putin with a request to recognize the so-called "LPR/ DPR". The Kremlin stated that the recognition of those illegal entities did not correlate with the Minsk agreements.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that Moscow would bear full responsibility for the destruction of the Minsk agreements and the process of peaceful settlement of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in case of recognition of these illegal entities.