Russian state Duma has stated that the DPR and LPR will be recognized within the entire region. In practice it would mean that they want to expand to areas currently held by Ukrainian military, cross the current borderline. That would in essence mean that the Russian troops would have to confront the Ukrainian troops. It would mean war. The madness has just started, and Putin has to be stopped.
The State Duma told in what borders the DPR and LPR will be recognized
The head of the committee, State Duma Kalashnikov: recognition of the republics of Donbass will be within the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions
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According to him, “now the DPR and LPR occupy less territory than it was in the referendum, but they believe that their statehood extends to that territory too.”
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