Ukraine: Protesters rally in Mariupol against Russian recognition of DPR independence

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Residents of Mariupol, located in the south of Donetsk Region, held a ‘Mariupol is Ukraine’ rally on Tuesday against Moscow’s recognition of the Donetsk People’s Republic as an independent region.

Hundreds of residents gathered in the city streets carrying Ukrainian flags, Mariupol coats of arms and protest placards. The protesters also set fire to smoke bombs of blue and yellow colours.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on the recognition of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the eastern Ukrainian territory of Donbass on Monday. He said the decision was a direct result of the failure of the 2014 Minsk agreements to put an end to fighting in the Donbass.

Putin subsequently ordered the Russian military to ‘secure the peace’ in the newly recognised territories.

Ukraine and the self-proclaimed republics continue to accuse each other of heavy shelling and violations of the Minsk agreements, as recorded by the OSCE monitoring mission.

The leaders of the DPR and LPR, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, had called for Moscow’s support for their independence.

Kiev and the West have widely condemned the recognition of DPR and LPR, calling it a violation of international law and the territorial integrity of Ukraine. The Western nations have also vowed to impose more sanctions on Russia.

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