Earlier in the day, the Russian parliament, the State Duma, issued a formal request to the president to recognise the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics located in Ukraine’s east.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has called the events taking place in the Donbass region of Ukraine “genocide”, as he made comments after meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He added that Kiev systematically violates human rights, including by legalising the discrimination of the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine.
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