News

Putin orders ‘peacekeeping operations’ in two breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions

By Abigail Adcox
Published February 21, 2022 10:28pm ET
Add Washington Examiner on Google
Putin orders ‘peacekeeping operations’ in two breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of a board of trustees of the Russian Geographical Society in a library of Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. | AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Presidential Press Service

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to conduct “peacekeeping operations” in two breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions.

Putin ordered the military move on Monday in a signed decree recognizing the independence of two separatist-held regions in eastern Ukraine, known as the Luhansk People’s Republic and the Donetsk People’s Republic.

Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account
Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.

Trusted reporting.Unlimited access.

Subscribe for full access to Washington Examiner coverage, expert political analysis, and subscriber-only journalism.

Get Unlimited Access

Already a member? Log in

Cancel anytime.

Tag:

Russia Ukraine