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How special this should be was left undefined as was the sequence of steps and the question of. The Minsk accords envisaged Ukraine re-absorbing Donetsk and Luhansk with a special status.

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Notably both republics claim territory that is controlled by the Ukrainian government.

. However they have only been recognized by South Ossetia a breakaway state in the South Caucasus. International donors will provide GBP 35 million over the next three years through a special fund for the reconstruction of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in Ukraine the Ministry for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine has told Ukrinform. The conflict in the separatist regions began in 2014 when rebels loyal to Russia seized government buildings in Donetsk and Luhansk beginning a long trench war with Ukrainian forces.

In fact it is being reported that the DPR alone plans to evacuate approximately 700000 citizens. The Donetsk Peoples Republic DNR and Luhansk Peoples Republic LNR declared independence from Ukraine in 2014. France urged its citizens on Saturday to leave the Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv Luhansk and Donetsk without delay after a rise in tensions.

Raising the stakes Meduza uncovers why. The explosions which have been linked to a gas pipeline were heard in the Russian separatist city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine one of the main cities in Ukraines breakaway region of Peoples Republic of Luhansk according to reports. Warning sirens blared in Donetsk after it and the other self-proclaimed Peoples Republic Luhansk announced the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people to Russia with women children and the elderly going first.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a peacekeeping operation in Ukraines Luhansk and Donetsk regions after recognizing the separatist regions independence paving the way to provide them more military support a direct challenge to the West that will fuel fears that Russia could imminently invade Ukraine.

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