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To: bentway who wrote (235791)	5/10/2022 12:42:05 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 354610

No, those regions decided they didn't want to be part of Ukraine. They were justified by: Ukraine's embrace of neo-Nazis outlawing of Russian language exterminationist rhetoric years of bombing. They signed a mutual defense agreement with Russia. the Russian decision on February 21 to recognize the Donbas republics as independent states. (The legal precedence for doing such is the 'western' recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.) Common defense agreements between the independent states and the Russian Federation were signed. Three days later, during which the Ukrainian attacks on the Donbas republics continued, Russian troops entered the Ukraine under Article 51 of the U.S. charter. More on that: Today, Vladimir Putin signed the law “On Ratification of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Lugansk People’s Republic.” The document entered into force on the day of its official publication. According to the clauses of this agreement, the parties will be able to use the military infrastructure and military bases in each other’s territories. Vladimir Putin recognized the independence of the DPR and LPR yesterday, February 21. time.news Tom