Russia recognized the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic
Monday Feb 21, 2022 Ukraine
On 21 February 2022, Russia officially recognized the two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, as independent states, and deployed troops to Donbas, in a move interpreted as Russia's effective withdrawal from the Minsk Protocol.
