Russian Lawmakers Push For Donbass Independence Recognition

Zero Hedge: "War May Be Necessary": Russian Lawmakers Push For Donbass Independence Recognition

The speaker of the Russian State Duma is calling for parliamentary consultations over the question of the status of the Donbass region of Ukraine.

In a move the West would without doubt see as a huge political provocation, there's a push among pro-Kremlin lawmakers to formally recognize the independence of the war-torn, Russian speaking region from Ukraine.

Further, such an action would likely trigger the biggest flare-up in fighting since 2014 and 2015.

Reuters reports additionally that "Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine would expect Russia's army to fight with them against Ukrainian government forces if Moscow follows through on a parliamentary proposal to recognize their independence, a pro-Kremlin lawmaker said on Thursday."

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WNU Editor: Talk about putting gas on the fire. Recognizing the independence of the Donbass will not only escalate the war itself, but it will give encouragement to Ukrainian Russians to join the independent regions.

There is a solution to the Ukraine crisis and that is to implement the Minsk II accord. Unfortunately, President Zelensky, even though he ran on a platform to give the Russian dominated regions in the east of the country a degree of autonomy to language and culture, has decided to ignore his promises and a way out of this conflict.

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