Russia recognizes not only the independence of the self-proclaimed Eastern Ukrainian ‘people’s republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk, but now of the entire region in which those two areas are located, the so-called Donetsk Basin. Earlier on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he considered only Donetsk and Luhansk itself independent.
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Russia now labels the entire Donets basin as ‘independent’
