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Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Feb. 21 address to the nation at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russia's recognition of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's republics in Eastern Ukraine as independent countries takes the conflict with Ukraine into a new phase that will likely involve Moscow using the threat of further military action against Ukraine to constrain Kyiv.

The recognition takes the conflict with Ukraine into a new phase that will likely involve Moscow using the threat of further military action against Ukraine.

Russia Recognizes the Luhansk and Donetsk Ukrainian Separatist Republics

Russia Recognizes the Luhansk and Donetsk Ukrainian Separatist Republics | RANE

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Russia's recognition of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's republics (LPR/DPR) in Eastern Ukraine as independent countries takes the conflict with Ukraine into a new phase that will likely involve Moscow using the threat of further military action against Ukraine to constrain Kyiv.

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Russia Recognizes the Luhansk and Donetsk Ukrainian Separatist Republics

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