Putin signs decree to recognize breakaway Ukrainian regions
The Moscow-backed regions have been thrust to the forefront of an international crisis over a Russian military buildup hinting at invasion.
Pro-Russian activists react on a street as fireworks explode in the sky, after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognising two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine February 21, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO)ByREUTERSUpdated:
