Putin exacerbated the conflict by recognizing the separatist region of East Ukraine as an independent region

Russian President Vladimir Putin this Monday took a new step in the confrontation with Ukraine and the West. After an impassioned and impassioned speech, replete with historical references and criticism of the West, the Kremlin chief has signed a decree recognizing the independence of the separatist region of East Ukraine. The endorsement of the “people’s republics” of Donetsk and Lugansk was accompanied by a decree of “friendship and mutual recognition”, which opened the door to Kremlin intervention in the region and boosted the possibility of Moscow sending some kind of “peacemaking” agency. ” to region. The signing exacerbated the conflict around Ukraine and increased tensions with the West, which are already at their peak. Putin, who has vehemently defended the peace treaty for the region, dynamited diplomacy with his signature.

In a televised address to the Russian public, at the end of a session of the Russian Security Council comfortably choreographed and broadcast on all state channels and in which he had heard his advisers argue for the need to recognize the independence of the two breakaway territories, Putin accused the Ukrainian government of being a “puppet”. The United States, helped create a failed state, and came to power through a coup: the Maidan revolution that eight years ago toppled the Allied president in the Kremlin. Report Javier G. Cuesta and María Sahuquillo

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In this image, a frame from a video provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense, on February 19, shows joint military exercises by Russian and Belarusian forces. (AFP)