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February 21, 20229:36 PM UTCLast Updated ago

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Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway
regions

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree
recognising two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine
as independent entities, during a ceremony in Moscow, Russia, in this
picture released February 21, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin
via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD
PARTY.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree
recognising two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine
as independent entities, during a ceremony in Moscow, Russia, in this
picture released February 21, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin
via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD
PARTY.

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MOSCOW, Feb 22 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered his
defence ministry to despatch Russian peacekeepers to eastern
Ukraine's two breakaway regions, according to a decree published
early on Tuesday after he said Moscow would recognise their
independence.

Putin earlier signed decrees to recognise the two breakaway regions
-- the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk
People's Republic -- as independent statelets defying Western
warnings that such a step would be illegal and kill off long-running
peace negotiations. read more

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Reporting by Maria Kiselyova Editing by Andrew Osborn

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