Ukraine, Russia: “Donbass leaders ask Putin for help”

Donbass asks Russia for help against Ukraine. The leaders of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik have asked Russian President Vladimir Putin for “assistance in repelling the aggression of Ukrainian forces” in Donbass and to avoid civilian casualties. This was announced by the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov. Read also “The leaders of these republics, on behalf of themselves and their people, expressed gratitude to the Russian president for the recognition of their states”, Peskov said, quoting the letter sent by the two leaders, in which they later denounce that “the actions of the Kiev regime testify to the unwillingness to put an end to the war in the Donbass “. “The Kiev regime – they accused – wants to resolve the conflict by force”. he appeal by the separatist leaders of Donbass to Russia to intervene against “the aggression of Kiev” is “an example of a false flag operation”, a pretext that Moscow wants to use to justify an attack on Ukraine, he told White House spokesman Jen Psaki in a briefing with reporters tightly. “We certainly believe that other Russian troops are entering the region, not beyond that region, that’s what we see,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. , speaking of the arrival of other Moscow soldiers in the Donbass. “We cannot confirm the numbers with great precision, which formation they are in and what the abilities are – added Kirby – But we certainly believe this is happening”.