Ukraine: Protesters rally outside Russian embassy in Kiev over recognition of DPR, LPR

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Ukrainians protested against Moscow’s recognition of the independence of the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics outside the Russian embassy in Kiev on Tuesday.

Protesters stood outside the embassy with placards and banners with the words “Empire must die” and “Stop Putin”. During the rally, demonstrators also placed Orthodox crosses on which they wrote “Russian Occupier” in front of the building.

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

Putin said the decision to recognise the breakaway republics was a direct result of the failure of the 2014 Minsk agreements to put an end to fighting in the Donbass.

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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