21 minutes agoAfter Syria's Russia, North Korea also recognises Donetsk and Luhansk's independence
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Northern Korea has officially recognised the independence of the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, writes The Guardian, as Poskopi follows. North Korea became only the third state of the United Nations to recognize them as legitimate authorities after Russia and Syria. Rajonet Donetsk and Luhansk, collectively known as Donbas, [...]
North Korea became only the third state of the United Nations to recognize them as legitimate authorities after Russia and Syria.
Rajonet Donetsk and Luhansk, collectively known as Donbas, lie in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. The region includes both parts controlled by Kiev and areas controlled by separatists. Its main industries are coal mines and steel production.
Pro-Russian separatists in the Donnetsk and Luhansk regions took over government buildings in 2014 and declared the regions as the popular <x0nd> Republic” independent. The move followed Russia's annexing of the Crimea.
After separatists in the Donnetsk and Luhansk regions took power in 2014, they organised a vote to declare independence.
Since 2014, more than 14,000 people have been killed in fighting in the Donba region between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces. Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of supporting separatists both militarily and financially -- a charge Moscow denies.
