People wave Russian national flags celebrating Moscow’s recognition Donetsk and Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, Feb 21, 2022
Russia’s recognition of the ‘people’s republics’ of Luhansk and Donetsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass on Monday is a watershed event.In a manner of speaking, by this decision President Vladimir Putin crossed the Rubicon.
Russia has launched “a full-scale invasion” of Ukraine with explosions heard across major cities. Vladimir Putin, in a statement on Russian TV, said warned allies of Ukraine who try to interfere…