"United Russia" appealed to the government with a request to provide military assistance to the republics of Donbass
Following the statement of Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak, a statement was made by the United Russia party. As the head of the faction in the State Duma, Vladimir Vasilyev, stated, the party turned to the Russian government with a request to provide military assistance to the republics of Donbass.
The United Russia party published a statement in which it asks the Russian leadership to provide assistance to the self-proclaimed republics of the DPR and LPR by supplying them with Russian-made weapons. According to the head of the faction Vasiliev, aggression is being prepared in Ukraine against the population of the republics, including Russian citizens living in the Donbass. According to him, the situation in Ukraine resembles a return to Nazism and Bandera. Vasiliev stressed that Russia cannot leave people to their own devices.
- the party said in a statement.
Vasilyev clarified that this is not a momentary decision, consultations on the supply of weapons to the Donbass were conducted both within the United Russia faction itself and in the State Duma Council.
Earlier, Andrey Turchak, the head of the General Council of the United Russia party, made a similar proposal. He stressed that the United States and Western countries are arming Ukraine, supplying various weapons under the guise of "defensive", which eventually appear in the Donbass and are used against the Donbass republics, including civilians.
The Federation Council, commenting on Turchak's statement, said that the majority of Russians would support the call for supplies weapons republics of Donbass.
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