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Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, while the armed separatists seized government buildings and proclaimed the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) as independent states. This sparked the war in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost 4,300 troops and foreign mercenaries in the Lugansk People’s Republic over the past week, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.
While Ukraine and the West try to avoid war, other questions loom. What are the roots of the region’s separatism? What has kept these areas alive since 2014? And what is their future?
What countries recognise the region? All UN member states, apart from Russia, consider the DPR and LPR to be a legal part of Ukraine, and not independent states.
On 21 February, President Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s recognition of the independence of two separatist entities in eastern Ukraine, the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and the deployment of Russian troops there.
Ukraina kwalifikuje ŁRL jako organizację terrorystyczną. GPO stwierdza, że „Ługańska Republika Ludowa” ma jasną hierarchię, kanały finansowania i dostawy broni z Rosji.
“DPR” and “LPR” are also identified as separatists in Ukrainian information space. This arises from the facts that anti-government forces conducted illegal referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk regions and proclaimed independence of quasi-state entities which have not been recognized by any country.
Russia reaffirmed this position on numerous occasions when insisting on fulfilling the Minsk agreements (endorsed by the United Nations Security Council resolution), which see the DPR and LPR as part of Ukraine (see below).
The head of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), Leonid Pasechni, has announced that the territory under the jurisdiction of the LPR has been completely freed. This declaration, made in a recent statement, marks a significant development in the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, while the armed separatists seized government buildings and proclaimed the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) as independent states. This sparked the war in Donbas, part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.