BREAKING: Russian Pres. Putin intends to recognize separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, Kremlin says.
Share to TwitterShortly before he was set to speak to the Russian people, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz via phone that he intends to sign a decree recognizing the two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement to Russian media.
Scholz condemned the plans to recognize the separatist regions, a spokesperson said, calling it a"stark contradiction to the Minsk Agreements for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine" and"a unilateral breach of these agreements on the part of Russia." Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, in response to Putin’s possibly recognizing the separatist regions, he has convened his national security council and has held “urgent consultations” with the presidents of France and Germany.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a statement on Feb. 19, 2022, in Munich, Germany.
Putin and some top officials at the meeting questioned the usefulness of holding a summit with President Joe Biden.
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