Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree recognising two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, during a ceremony in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released February 21, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW, Feb 22 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence ministry to despatch Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions, according to a decree published early on Tuesday after he said Moscow would recognise their independence.
Putin earlier signed decrees to recognise the two breakaway regions -- the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic -- as independent statelets defying Western warnings that such a step would be illegal and kill off long-running peace negotiations. read more
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MAHHockey on February 21st, 2022 at 23:36 UTC »
Reuters, can we please not use his words to feed the bullshit on this?
nariusone on February 21st, 2022 at 21:54 UTC »
So the invasion begins.
"I come in peace ... now bow down and do what I say"
drinkingchartreuse on February 21st, 2022 at 21:46 UTC »
Roughly translated: Putin sends troops into Ukraine.