The situation suddenly changed. According to CCTV news, on February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a national television speech, announcing the recognition of the people's Republic of Donetsk and the people's Republic of Lugansk, which udong folk armed forces call themselves, as independent countries.
Ruska duma je pred tem sprejela resolucijo, s katero je omenjeni dve regiji priznala kot neodvisni državi. Zdaj je predsednik Putin podal nacionalni govor, v katerem je priznal neodvisnost obeh regij, kar pomeni, da je Rusija odpravila ovire za pošiljanje vojakov v pomoč regijama.
In addition, according to the Russian "viewpoint" on the 22nd, there is news on the Internet that the Russian army has begun to arrive in the Donbas area, and some people have released relevant videos