The Foreign Ministry asks the President of Ukraine to sever diplomatic ties with Russia
On February 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a request to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to break off diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation. He will consider this issue.
It was announced by the President of Ukraine at a press conference with his Estonian counterpart Alan Karis in Kyiv on February 22, European Truth reports.
According to Zelensky, the recognition of the independence of the L / DPR by Vladimir Putin is legal aggression against Ukraine and a step of escalation.
"I received a request from the Foreign Ministry to consider the issue of severing diplomatic ties between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Immediately after our press conference, I will work on this issue. And not only this issue, but other effective steps towards escalation by the Russian Federation. We believe it was a step of escalation, legal aggression, which provides grounds for military aggression by Russia, by militants surrounding the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories", - he said.
What is known
- On February 21, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, simultaneously asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the L / DNR.
- On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed "LPR" and "DPR" and signed a decree.
- Ukraine and the West have stated that Russia's recognition of the L / DNR means its withdrawal from the Minsk agreements.
- A few hours after Russia's recognition of the L / DNR, Moscow began bringing its troops into their territory, ostensibly for peacekeeping purposes.
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine would remain the same, despite Russia's actions that mean ignoring decisions within the Normandy format and the Kremlin's unilateral withdrawal from the Minsk agreements.
- Ukraine has initiated an emergency summit of the Normandy Four. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a request within the framework of the Budapest Memorandum with a request to hold consultations immediately.
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