Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov tried to explain why Russia does not recognize the independence of the DNI and the LC
One of the questions that went to the head of Russian diplomacy related to the issue of non-recognition by the Russian Federation of the DNR and the LC. The question was this: why has Russia still not recognized the people's republics of Donbass as modeled on South Ossetia and Abkhazia?
According to Lavrov, Russia does not carry out recognition, as it expects Kiev to fulfill the Minsk agreements. Sergey Lavrov noted that Russia is not going to slam the door, threatening Kiev with the recognition of the DNI and the LC, and is not going to, in principle, repeat the mistakes of those who do not know how to use diplomatic and political tools.
Sergei Lavrov:
Does the West put due pressure on Kiev now? - that is the question. The territory of the DPR is subjected to daily attacks from the Ukrainian side. On the night of Tuesday 31 in May, the Ukrainian security forces once again fired at the northern suburb of Donetsk and the Yasinovatskoy junction area. Gorlovka environs were also subjected to mortar shelling. From the statement of Eduard Basurin (quote DAN):
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