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On 21 February 2022, the State Duma of Russia passed a bill to officially recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic in Eastern Ukraine as independent states.
On 21 February 2022, Russia officially recognized the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic and, three days later, started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, during which they occupied territory in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, with formal military occupations beginning in the first week.
Jun 30, 2022 · What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics? This infographic, created for The Independent by statistics agency Statista, shows the relative military strength of Ukraine and...
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Jun 16, 2022 · After Russia’s early attempts to capture major Ukrainian capital cities such as Kyiv faltered, the fighting is now most fierce in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
Mar 2, 2022 · On 21 February 2022, Russia recognised Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. The Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) are self-proclaimed states in Eastern Ukraine.
Feb 22, 2022 · What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics? They were once Ukraine’s industrial heartland, part of largely Russian-speaking provinces in the nation’s southeast.
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Feb 20, 2022 · For years, the Luhansk People’s Republic and its fellow breakaway Ukrainian enclave, the Donetsk People’s Republic, were largely ignored.
