Joint Statement by Breakaway Ukrainian Republics Claim Wish to Join Russia

‘The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics in eastern Ukraine said in a joint statement Wednesday that they consider Crimea a part of Russia and would like to join Russia themselves.

“DPR and LRP certainly consider Crimea a part of Russia. Moreover, our republics would ideally also like to be parts of the Russian Federation,” reads the statement, published by Donetsk news agency.
The statement was issued by the republics’ negotiators in the Minsk peace talks Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deinego.’

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